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The General and His Empire of Joy
The General and His Empire of Joy

The General and His Empire of Joy

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

81 mins

Rating

4.5/10

Release Date

11 February 1977

Country

Japan

Cast

Eiko Matsuda

Eiko Matsuda

Okoyo

Tokuko Watanabe

Tokuko Watanabe

Kumemura

Hiromi Maya

Hiromi Maya

Hatsuse

Yūsuke Kazato

Yūsuke Kazato

Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao

Ryumei Azuma

Ryumei Azuma

Kikutaro

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Rena Uchimura

Rena Uchimura

Nun

Mika Kaneko

Mika Kaneko

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Takashi Noguchi

Takashi Noguchi

Yoshinobu Hirose

Yoshinobu Hirose

Shunji Sasaki

Shunji Sasaki

Tsuyako Okajima

Tsuyako Okajima

Mie Hayashi

Mie Hayashi

Kayoko Tominaga

Kayoko Tominaga

Mieko Hoshino

Mieko Hoshino

Mitsuki Shimoda

Mitsuki Shimoda

Takaya Shimoyama

Takaya Shimoyama

Sakakibara

Yukio Miyagi

Yukio Miyagi

Hiroshi Hatano

Hiroshi Hatano

Saotome

Yûko Asuka

Yûko Asuka

Maid

Junpei Arishima

Junpei Arishima

Yasumori Hikita

Yasumori Hikita

Koichi Tamano

Koichi Tamano

Kantarō Suga

Kantarō Suga

Tokugawa Ietsuna

Aoi Nakajima

Aoi Nakajima

Tsuchiya Yuri

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

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