The General and His Empire of Joy

    The General and His Empire of Joy
    1977

    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.

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    Cast

    • Eiko MatsudaOkoyo
    • Tokuko WatanabeKumemura
    • Hiromi MayaHatsuse
    • Yūsuke Kazato
    • Masataka Iwao
    • Ryumei AzumaKikutaro
    • Akira Shioji
    • Rena UchimuraNun
    • Mika Kaneko
    • Ryuji Katagiri

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