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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Genres

Comedy

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Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

14 July 1957

Country

Japan

Cast

Frankie Sakai

Frankie Sakai

Inokori Saheiji

Sachiko Hidari

Sachiko Hidari

Osome

Yōko Minamida

Yōko Minamida

Koharu

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Shinsaku Takasugi

Izumi Ashikawa

Izumi Ashikawa

Ohisa

Toshiyuki Ichimura

Toshiyuki Ichimura

Mokubei

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Denbei

Hisano Yamaoka

Hisano Yamaoka

Otatsu

Yasukiyo Umeno

Yasukiyo Umeno

Tokusaburo

Masao Oda

Masao Oda

Zenpachi

Masumi Okada

Masumi Okada

Kisuke

Toshio Takahara

Toshio Takahara

Kaneji

Tomio Aoki

Tomio Aoki

Sanpei Mine

Sanpei Mine

Sanpei

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Okuma

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Kinzo

Kenjiro Uemura

Kenjiro Uemura

Chobei

Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

Matabei

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Kiyami no Shinko

Kazuo Kumakura

Kazuo Kumakura

Kinbou

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Kurazo

Hiroshi Kato

Hiroshi Kato

Kurazo's Son, Seishichi

Hideaki Nitani

Hideaki Nitani

Monta Shiji

Akira Kobayashi

Akira Kobayashi

Genzui Kusaka

Shosei Muto

Shosei Muto

Yamato

Reiko Arai

Reiko Arai

Omoyo

Hyōe Enoki

Hyōe Enoki

Genpei

Toyo Fukuda

Toyo Fukuda

Shōbun Inoue

Shōbun Inoue

Gonta

Ryusei Ito

Ryusei Ito

Nobuo Kawakami

Nobuo Kawakami

Ikunosuke Koizumi

Ikunosuke Koizumi

Akio Miyabe

Akio Miyabe

Yoko Takeuchi

Yoko Takeuchi

Oyoshi

Aomi Shiba

Aomi Shiba

Otetsu

Chiyoko Shimizu

Chiyoko Shimizu

Ouno

Chigusa Takayama

Chigusa Takayama

Osada

Zenji Yamada

Zenji Yamada

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Narrator (uncredited)

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