The General and His Empire of Joy (1977)
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.

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Cast

Eiko Matsuda Eiko Matsuda As: Okoyo
Tokuko Watanabe Tokuko Watanabe As: Kumemura
Hiromi Maya Hiromi Maya As: Hatsuse
Yūsuke Kazato Yūsuke Kazato As:
Masataka Iwao Masataka Iwao As:
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Storyline

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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Details

Genres: Drama

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 11 February 1977

Country: JP

Runtime: 81m

Company Credits

Company: Toei Company

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Cast

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Writing Credits

Production Crew

Not currently known.

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Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Hachiro Aoyama

Hachiro Aoyama

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Kenji Tsukagoshi

Kenji Tsukagoshi

Director of Photography

Lighting

Tokuji Wakagi

Tokuji Wakagi

Lighting Technician

Art Department

Kazuo Morita

Kazuo Morita

Art Direction

Other Crew

Manabu Kakuhata

Manabu Kakuhata

Sound Recordist

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