Secret of the Golden Coin

Secret of the Golden Coin

87 mins | Comedy | Nov. 19, 1958

A princess finds life behind the protection of her brother and the high walls of the mansion to be quite dull, so she takes on another identity and lives in a small house in Edo pretending to be a singer but all the while she is actually a Shogunate Detective. Framed by a crooked magistrate for a crime she did not commit, Oshichi must clear her name of false charges after a woman helps to lead a prison break of the notorious Oshu Remnants. Meanwhile the magistrate, Lord Kai, conspires to be rid of her brother, Clan Elder, Lord Abe Iyo. Her only clue is an ornate dagger with a handle made of golden coins.

Secret of the Golden Coin

87 mins | Comedy | Nov. 19, 1958

Secret of the Golden Coin
A princess finds life behind the protection of her brother and the high walls of the mansion to be quite dull, so she takes on another identity and lives in a small house in Edo pretending to be a singer but all the while she is actually a Shogunate Detective. Framed by a crooked magistrate for a crime she did not commit, Oshichi must clear her name of false charges after a woman helps to lead a prison break of the notorious Oshu Remnants. Meanwhile the magistrate, Lord Kai, conspires to be rid of her brother, Clan Elder, Lord Abe Iyo. Her only clue is an ornate dagger with a handle made of golden coins.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title ひばり捕物帖 自雷也小判
Directors Kinnosuke Fukada
Writers Torao Setoguchi, Ryōzō Kasahara, Kazuo Kasahara

Cast

Hibari Misora

as Oshichi of Abekawa / Princess Tae

Koinosuke Onoe

as Councilor Abe

Chiyonosuke Azuma

as Sasaki Hyoma