Benten Kozō (1958 film)

The Gay Masquerade^[2] (弁天小僧, Benten Kozō) a.k.a.. The Jovial Rascals of Edo, is a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Daisuke Itō.

The Gay Masquerade Benten Kozō
Directed by	Daisuke Itō
Cinematography	Kazuo Miyagawa
Distributed by	Daiei Film
Release date	29 November 1958 (1958-11-29)[1]
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo Award for best actor Raizo Ichikawa.^[3]

Cast

• Raizo Ichikawa as Benten Kozō Kikunosuke
• Shintaro Katsu
• and others

References

1. (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1958/ch005110.htm accessed 5 January 2009
2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186867/releaseinfo#akas accessed 13 January 2009 ^{[unreliable source?] [user-generated source]}
3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186867/awards accessed 5 January 2008. ^{[unreliable source?] [user-generated source]}

External links

• (in Japanese) http://www.raizofan.net/link4/movie3/benten.htm
• The Gay Masquerade
  Benten Kozō at IMDb