Jazz Daimyo

Apr 19, 1986

1h 25m

★ 5.7

Overview

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

Daiei Film

Kihachi Productions

Jazz Daimyo Trailers

Cast

Ryokatsu Kaigo

Ikko Furuya

Kurozaemon Ishide

Ichirō Zaitsu

Princess Ayako

Ai Kanzaki

Princess Matsue

Mami Okamoto

Gensai

Taiji Tonoyama

Monosuke Suzukawa

Hirotaro Honda

Gundayu

Masao Imafuku

Hachinohei Nakayama

Shinji Ogawa

Kazuma Akasaka

Go Riju

Mexican Merchant (Almond)

Mickey Curtis

Kyunosuke

Juro Kara

Special Guest

Tamori

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