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The General and His Empire of Joy

The General and His Empire of Joy

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Drama
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 1977-02-11
⌚ Running Time: 81 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 4.5

Beloved Cast

Eiko Matsuda original image
Okoyo
Eiko Matsuda
Tokuko Watanabe original image
Kumemura
Tokuko Watanabe
Hiromi Maya original image
Hatsuse
Hiromi Maya
Yūsuke Kazato original image
Yūsuke Kazato
Masataka Iwao original image
Masataka Iwao
Ryumei Azuma original image
Kikutaro
Ryumei Azuma
Akira Shioji original image
Akira Shioji
Rena Uchimura original image
Nun
Rena Uchimura
Mika Kaneko original image
Mika Kaneko
Ryuji Katagiri original image
Ryuji Katagiri
Takashi Noguchi original image
Takashi Noguchi
Yoshinobu Hirose original image
Yoshinobu Hirose
Shunji Sasaki original image
Shunji Sasaki
Tsuyako Okajima original image
Tsuyako Okajima
Mie Hayashi original image
Mie Hayashi
Kayoko Tominaga original image
Kayoko Tominaga
Mieko Hoshino original image
Mieko Hoshino
Mitsuki Shimoda original image
Mitsuki Shimoda
Takaya Shimoyama original image
Sakakibara
Takaya Shimoyama
Yukio Miyagi original image
Yukio Miyagi
Hiroshi Hatano original image
Saotome
Hiroshi Hatano
Yûko Asuka original image
Maid
Yûko Asuka
Junpei Arishima original image
Junpei Arishima
Yasumori Hikita original image
Yasumori Hikita
Koichi Tamano original image
Koichi Tamano
Kantarō Suga original image
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Kantarō Suga
Aoi Nakajima original image
Tsuchiya Yuri
Aoi Nakajima
Masaru Shiga original image
Masaru Shiga

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