Comedy

Comedy

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Comedy

2002

0h 11m

7.1(19 votes)

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War

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Overview

During Ireland's War of Independence, a five-year-old girl sets out to save her village from the English army by trying to enlist the help of the rumored Black Swordsman, who only takes books of a certain genre as payment.

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2 featured cast members

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Ai Maeda

Ai Maeda

The Young Girl

Hikaru Midorikawa

Hikaru Midorikawa

The Black Swordsman

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Directed by: Kazuto Nakazawa
Produced by: Eiko Tanaka

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