The General and His Empire of Joy (1977)
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.
Cast
Eiko Matsuda
Okoyo
Tokuko Watanabe
Kumemura
Hiromi Maya
Hatsuse
Yūsuke Kazato
Masataka Iwao
Akira Shioji
Mika Kaneko
Ryuji Katagiri
Takashi Noguchi
Shunji Sasaki
Tsuyako Okajima
Mieko Hoshino
Takaya Shimoyama
Sakakibara
Yukio Miyagi
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