Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard

Overview

A chance encounter on the road leads to the unusual need for a female bodyguard to protect the granddaughter of an old friend of Akiyama Kohei, a wealthy merchant who plans to bypass his son-in-law as head of the company. When Daijiro’s wife Mifuyu takes on the job strange things start to happen, including the brutal slaughter of company employees. With the backing of Lord Tanuma, a chief elder on the ruling council, Kohei, Daijiro, and Mifuyu form a plan to foil the kidnappers plot and save the girl from certain death.

Directed by Shigeru Ishihara

Top cast

Makoto Fujita

Makiya Yamaguchi

Shinobu Terajima

Ayako Kobayashi

Meiko Kaji

Mikijiro Hira

Asae Oonishi

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Yoshitaka Ôtsuka

Haruka Sugata

Susumu Terajima

Hideji Ōtaki

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