The General and His Empire of Joy (1977)

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 (28)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Eiko Matsuda

Okoyo

Tokuko Watanabe

Kumemura

Hiromi Maya

Hatsuse

Yūsuke Kazato

Masataka Iwao

R

Ryumei Azuma

Kikutaro

Akira Shioji

R

Rena Uchimura

Nun

Mika Kaneko

Ryuji Katagiri

Takashi Noguchi

Y

Yoshinobu Hirose

Shunji Sasaki

Tsuyako Okajima

M

Mie Hayashi

K

Kayoko Tominaga

Mieko Hoshino

M

Mitsuki Shimoda

Takaya Shimoyama

Sakakibara

Yukio Miyagi

H

Hiroshi Hatano

Saotome

Yûko Asuka

Maid

J

Junpei Arishima

Yasumori Hikita

K

Koichi Tamano

Kantarō Suga

Tokugawa Ietsuna

Aoi Nakajima

Tsuchiya Yuri

Masaru Shiga

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