The General and His Empire of Joy

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

Status

Released

Release date

February 11, 1977

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Takaya Shimoyama,Akira Shioji,Shunji Sasaki,Mieko Hoshino,Masataka Iwao,Mie Hayashi,Hiromi Maya,Aoi Nakajima,Eiko Matsuda,Yûko Asukaand 18 more

Director

Ikuo Sekimoto

Writer

Yōzō Tanaka

Cinematography

Kenji Tsukagoshi

Music

Hachiro Aoyama

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0223854