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The General and His Empire of Joy

The General and His Empire of Joy

1977•1h 21m•3.6/10
Drama

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3.6/10(4)

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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Toei Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

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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

Kikutaro

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Rena Uchimura

Nun

Mika Kaneko

Mika Kaneko

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Takashi Noguchi

Takashi Noguchi

Yoshinobu Hirose

Shunji Sasaki

Shunji Sasaki

Tsuyako Okajima

Tsuyako Okajima

Mie Hayashi

Kayoko Tominaga

Mieko Hoshino

Mieko Hoshino

Mitsuki Shimoda

Takaya Shimoyama

Takaya Shimoyama

Sakakibara

Yukio Miyagi

Yukio Miyagi

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