A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957•1h 50m•7.0/10

Comedy

Ratings

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7.0/10(40)

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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Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

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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

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Okuma

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Kinzo

Kenjiro Uemura

Kenjiro Uemura

Chobei

Akitake Kōno

Matabei

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Kiyami no Shinko

Kazuo Kumakura

Kazuo Kumakura

Kinbou

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