< Balsa, the Female Bodyguard (2007)

EPISODE 1.1 (Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit) | 25m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 7.4 (74)

Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Balsa, a short-spear warrior, takes jobs as a bodyguard. On her way into the city to repair her spear, she rescues a member of the royal family and finds herself meeting the mother of the boy she saved.

• Director: Kenji Kamiyama
• Director: Toshiyuki Kôno
• Director: Kôdai Kakimoto
• Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
• Writer: Kristi Reed
• Writer: Nahoko Uehashi
• Mabuki Andô (38) - Balsa
• Naoto Adachi (14) - Chagum
• Kôji Tsujitani (45) - Tanda
• Mayumi Asano (38) - Touya
• Ryô Hirohashi (29) - Saya
• Emi Shinohara (44) - Second Empress
• Yoshinori Muto - Peddler
• Kôhei Fukuhara (25) - Attendant A
• Noboru Yamaguchi - Attendant B
• Yûki Masuda (28) - Attendant C
• Tomomi Watanabe - Shop Woman
• Saburô Kamei (69) - Grand Chamberlain
• Kôjirô Takahashi - Government Official