Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove

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Hibari Misora
美空ひばり

Mariko

Keiji Sada
佐田啓二

Keiko Kishi
岸恵子

Kuniko Miyake
三宅邦子

Shunji Sakai
堺駿二

Shin Tokudaiji
徳大寺伸

Ryuji Kita
北竜二

Akio Isono
磯野秋雄

Eiko Takamatsu
高松榮子

Ichirō Shimizu
清水一郎

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    ひばりのサーカス 悲しき小鳩

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    Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a circus tour when she discovers that her father, Ryutaro, whom she always thought was an agricultural and forestry engineer, was a circus clown. Over time, Mariko's singing attracted the attention of the public.

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    1952-07-15

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