花笠道中

In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanagasa for an incognito Lord (Kotaro Satomi) to overthrow an attempted usurpation of his domain, while being harassed by vassals of the usurper (Kensaku Hara). There's also a mysterious ronin played by Jushiro Konoe. The songs are seamlessly woven into the narrative and don't overwhelm the action. While the plot is derivative it is good example of its type and quite enjoyable. Note that there are some flashback sequences in black and white.

Cast

Ryuji Kita

Jūshirō Konoe

Hibari Misora

Kōtarō Satomi

Kinichi Hanabusa

Michiko Nishizaki

Keiko Kuga

Hizuru Murasaki

富士薫

Akatsuki Saeko

Mayumi Katsuyama

Yūzaburō Sakaguchi

Kensaku Hara

Kōshirō Harada

Kazutarō Kuni

Masaharu Arikawa

Yoshimi Kaneda

Daisuke Awaji

Reiji Tsumura

Yasushi Ōshiro

Junpei Arishima

Shinichi Hamada

Kinji Nakamura

Kinya Suzuki

Kenji Tomie

Kazuko Ōura

Ryōji Kōzuki

Kōtarō Hori

Michiyo Mori

Kiyoshi Tomomura

Yukio Yano