The General and His Empire of Joy
The General and His Empire of Joy

Movie·1977·1h 21m

The General and His Empire of Joy

Directed By

Ikuo Sekimoto

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 大奥浮世風呂

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.

Written By

Yōzō Tanaka

Cinematography

Kenji Tsukagoshi

Music

Hachiro Aoyama

Editor

Takeo Araki

Themes

pink film

Production House

Toei Company

Audience Score

47%

5 votes

Skip19%
Timepass44%
Go for it28%
Perfection9%

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Cast

Eiko Matsuda

Eiko Matsuda

Okoyo

Tokuko Watanabe

Tokuko Watanabe

Kumemura

Hiromi Maya

Hiromi Maya

Hatsuse

Yūsuke Kazato

Yūsuke Kazato

Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao

Ryumei Azuma

Kikutaro

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Rena Uchimura

Nun

Mika Kaneko

Mika Kaneko

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Takashi Noguchi

Takashi Noguchi

Yoshinobu Hirose

Shunji Sasaki

Shunji Sasaki

Tsuyako Okajima

Tsuyako Okajima

Mie Hayashi

Kayoko Tominaga

Mieko Hoshino

Mieko Hoshino

Mitsuki Shimoda

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Crew

Ikuo Sekimoto

Ikuo Sekimoto

Director

Yōzō Tanaka

Writer

Kenji Tsukagoshi

Director of Photography

Takeo Araki

Editor

Hachiro Aoyama

Original Music Composer

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