is a 1955 color Japanese film directed by

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Cast

* Ruriko Asaoka ( 浅丘ルリ子) *

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( フランキー堺) * Mie Kitahara (北原三枝) *

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(高田稔) * ( 内海突破) * (市川俊幸) * Ayuko Fujishiro (藤代鮎子) *

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Overview

A musical action film for children, this is the first feature-length theatrical film shot in Konicolor. It's based on the eponymous novel by Makoto Hojo, and marked the debut of 14-year-old Ruriko Asaoka, who plays a girl on the run from a spy ring trying to steal her father's scientific secrets.

References

1955 films Films directed by Umetsugu Inoue Nikkatsu films Japanese musical films 1955 musical films 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub