The General and His Empire of Joy
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
81 min
Release Date
1977-02-11
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
4.5
Eiko Matsuda
Okoyo
Tokuko Watanabe
Kumemura
Hiromi Maya
Hatsuse
Yūsuke Kazato
Masataka Iwao
Ryumei Azuma
Kikutaro
Akira Shioji
Rena Uchimura
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Mika Kaneko
Ryuji Katagiri
Takashi Noguchi
Yoshinobu Hirose
Shunji Sasaki
Tsuyako Okajima
Mie Hayashi
Kayoko Tominaga
Mieko Hoshino
Mitsuki Shimoda
Takaya Shimoyama
Sakakibara
Yukio Miyagi
Hiroshi Hatano
Saotome
Yûko Asuka
Maid
Junpei Arishima
Yasumori Hikita
Koichi Tamano
Kantarō Suga
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Aoi Nakajima
Tsuchiya Yuri
Masaru Shiga
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