Smart-san 1978
Smart-san Synopsis: Benio Hanamura is a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Tokyo during the Taisho era. Benio lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese army. As a result, she has grown into a tomboy—contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity, she studies kendo, drinks sake, dresses in often outlandish-looking Western fashions, and isn't as interested in housewife duties as she is in literature. She also rejects the idea of arranged marriages and believes in a woman's right to a career and to marry for love. Benio's best friends are the beautiful Tamaki, who is much more feminine than Benio but equally interested in women's rights, and Ranmaru, a young man who was raised to play female roles in the kabuki theater and as a result has acquired very effeminate mannerisms.
- Released: 1978-06-03
- Genre: Animation, Drama, Comedy
Smart-san Movie Cast (Stars):
Ichiro Nagai,
Reiko Suzuki,
Atsuko Mine,
Katsuji Mori,
Kohei Miyauchi,
Reiko Yamada,
Rihoko Yoshida,
Kazuko Sugiyama,
Hiroshi Masuoka,
Ichiro Nagai,
Keiko Yokozawa,
Kaneta Kimotsuki,
Makio Inoue,
Yoshito YasuharaSmart-san Movie Crew (Director):
Kazuyoshi Yokota,
Waki Yamato,
Akira Negoro,
Toru Hagiwara,
Nisan Takahashi- Link: Smart-san on CWR CRB
