The Abashiri Family (1992)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Crime
Release: 1991-05-21
Director: Takashi Watanabe
Writers: Gô Nagai (comic) , Takashi Watanabe
Language: Japanese
Stars: Kyôko Tongû , Kôsei Tomita , Shigeru Chiba , Tesshou Genda , Taiki Matsuno , Rokuro Naya , Kiyoshi Kawakubo , Yuri Amano , Tarô Arakawa , Hideyuki Umezu
Runtime: 80 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Abashiri Ikka , The Abashiri Family (United States of America) , Abashiri Ikka (Japan)
Plot: 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...
IMDB:tt0122369