The second feature from female director Shindo Kaze (Love/Juice), Princess in an Iron Helmet (a.k.a. Korogare! Tamako) is a bright and colorful youth film about a quirky young woman's reluctant coming-of-age journey. Tamako (Yamada Maiko) is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother, and simply refuses to grow up. Ever since her father (Naoto Takenaka) left the family, she's stopped trusting people, and now lounges around in her own small, claustrophobic world. Wearing an iron helmet whenever she steps outside, she ventures only to her mom's beauty salon, the mechanic shop, and the bakery - the source of her greatest joy in life, sweet buns. Her world is static, insular, and safe, and there's no need to change - that is until her cat runs away, the bakery closes, and her mom falls in love with another man.
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Princess in an Iron Helmet Cast
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Yutaka Matsushige
He was 43, now 61 years old
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Reona Hirota
She was 42, now 61 years old
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Kayoko Kishimoto
She was 45, now 63 years old
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as Tamako's mother |
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Naoto Takenaka
He was 49, now 68 years old
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as Tamako's father |
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Kami Hiraiwa
She was 26, now 45 years old
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Suguru Matsuzawa
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Yoshiaki Yoza
He was 29, now 48 years old
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Mickey Curtis
He was 67, now 86 years old
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Maiko Yamada
She was 24, now 43 years old
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as Tamako |
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Toshie Negishi
She was 52, now 70 years old
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Masahiko Tsugawa
He was 66, 78 years old when he died
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Princess in an Iron Helmet Crew
