The General and His Empire of Joy

Feb 11, 1977

1h 21m

★ 3.6

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Toei Company

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Cast

Okoyo

Eiko Matsuda

Kumemura

Tokuko Watanabe

Hatsuse

Hiromi Maya

Yūsuke Kazato

Masataka Iwao

Kikutaro

Ryumei Azuma

Akira Shioji

Nun

Rena Uchimura

Mika Kaneko

Ryuji Katagiri

Takashi Noguchi

Yoshinobu Hirose

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