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The General and His Empire of Joy (1977)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 21M

Director : Ikuo Sekimoto

Synopsis

Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his latest escapade of banging a samurai's wife, he finds that his love Okoyo (Eiko Matsuda), has managed to be recruited as one of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna's (Kantaro Suga) concubines. While attempting to win her back, Zenjiro becomes involved in increasingly murderous palace intrigues.

Actors

Eiko Matsuda
Eiko Matsuda
Okoyo
Tokuko Watanabe
Tokuko Watanabe
Kumemura
Hiromi Maya
Hiromi Maya
Hatsuse
Yûsuke Kazato
Yûsuke Kazato
Masataka Iwao
Masataka Iwao
Ryumei Azuma
Ryumei Azuma
Kikutaro
Akira Shioji
Akira Shioji
Rena Uchimura
Rena Uchimura
Nun
Mika Kaneko
Mika Kaneko
Ryuji Katagiri
Ryuji Katagiri
Takashi Noguchi
Takashi Noguchi
Yoshinobu Hirose
Yoshinobu Hirose
Shunji Sasaki
Shunji Sasaki
Tsuyako Okajima
Tsuyako Okajima
Mie Hayashi
Mie Hayashi
Kayoko Tominaga
Kayoko Tominaga
Mieko Hoshino
Mieko Hoshino
Mitsuki Shimoda
Mitsuki Shimoda
Takaya Shimoyama
Takaya Shimoyama
Sakakibara
Yukio Miyagi
Yukio Miyagi
Hiroshi Hatano
Hiroshi Hatano
Saotome
Yûko Asuka
Yûko Asuka
Maid
Junpei Arishima
Junpei Arishima
Yasumori Hikita
Yasumori Hikita
Koichi Tamano
Koichi Tamano
Kantarô Suga
Kantarô Suga
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Aoi Nakajima
Aoi Nakajima
Tsuchiya Yuri
Masaru Shiga
Masaru Shiga

Crews

Ikuo Sekimoto
Ikuo Sekimoto
Director
Yozo Tanaka
Yozo Tanaka
Writer
Kenji Tsukagoshi
Kenji Tsukagoshi
Director of Photography
Tokuji Wakagi
Tokuji Wakagi
Lighting Technician
Kazuo Morita
Kazuo Morita
Art Direction
Hachiro Aoyama
Hachiro Aoyama
Original Music Composer
Manabu Kakuhata
Manabu Kakuhata
Sound Recordist
Takeo Araki
Takeo Araki
Editor

Trailers and other movies

Die Frauen des Shogun (1977) DEUTSCH TRAILER

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