The Abashiri Family (Video 1992)
"Abashiri ikka" (original title)

The sole daughter of a family of dangerous bandits sets out to fulfill her mother's final wish of becoming a refined, legal girl.

Director:

Takashi Watanabe

Writers:

Gô Nagai (comic), Takashi Watanabe

Stars:

Kyôko Tongû, Kôsei Tomita, Shigeru Chiba

Cast

Cast overview:
Kyôko Tongû	...	Kikunosuke Abashiri
Kôsei Tomita	...	Daemon Abashiri
Shigeru Chiba	...	Goemon Abashiri
Tesshô Genda	...	Naojiro Abashiri
Taiki Matsuno	...	Kichiza Abashiri
Rokurô Naya	...	Bank President
Kiyoshi Kawakubo	...	Principal
Yuri Amano	...	Yukiko Shirane
Tarô Arakawa	...	Chiashi
Hideyuki Umezu	...	Kamakiri
Toshiharu Sakurai	...	Furando
Shigeru Shiihashi	...	Hitokui
Wataru Takagi	...	Biniku
Emi Shinohara	...	Mademoiselle Honey
Kiyoyuki Yanada	...	Gang Leader (as Kiyoyuki Harita)

Storyline

The Abashiri family are considered the greatest bandits of all Japan; even though they generally commit robberies, when provoked there is no protection or safety from them. There's the head of the family Daemon Abashiri and his four children from different wives: expert sneak-thief Goemon, muscle-man Naojiro, demolitions expert Kichiza and expert fighter Kikonosuke. But on Kikonosuke's 16th birthday, Daemon makes a shocking revelation: Kikonosuke is in fact a girl, and her late mother had requested as her last wish that she be schooled and educated to grow up a beautiful young woman to lead a normal life. Kiko reluctantly complies, and is sent to Paradise Boarding School to begin a conventional education. But when the school board of Paradise turns out to be a bunch of rapists, psychopaths and otherwise bullies, the blood of Abashiri cries out for vengeance...

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Plot Keywords:

based on comic | anime

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Taglines:

Meet the First Family of disorganized crime.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Crime

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Details

Country:

Japan

Also Known As:

The Abashiri Family

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dynamic Planning, Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Abashiri family name was taken from the Abashiri Prison, a maximum-security prison constructed in the 19th century and still in use.

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Quotes

Kikunosuke Abashiri: I'm sixteen years old and I've already killed 160 men, I've got too much blood on my hands to be a pretty girl!
Daemon Abashiri: It was either you kill or be killed - the world is to blame for that, not you!

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Connections

Version of Abashiri Family (2009)

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