Film

Princess in an Iron Helmet

2006 · 1h 43m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

6.3

Tamako 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 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.

Maiko Yamada

Tamako

Kayoko Kishimoto

Tamako's mother

Naoto Takenaka

Tamako's father

Suguru Matsuzawa

Yoshiaki Yoza

Mickey Curtis

Léona Hirota

Kami Hiraiwa

Yutaka Matsushige

Toshie Negishi

Masahiko Tsugawa

• Kaze ShindoDirector
• Yasushi SasakibaraDirector of Photography
• Kenichiro IsodaOriginal Music Composer
• Yukio WatanabeEditor

Release date

February 4, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

Comedy, Drama