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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

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Calorie Rating: 155
Released: 1957-07-14
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Studios: Nikkatsu Corporation,


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.

Director / Directors

Shōhei Imamura
Assistant Director


Cast

Frankie Sakai
Character: Inokori Saheiji
Sachiko Hidari
Character: Osome
Yôko Minamida
Character: Koharu

Yūjirō Ishihara
Character: Shinsaku Takasugi
Izumi Ashikawa
Character: Ohisa
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Character: Mokubei

Nobuo Kaneko
Character: Denbei
Hisano Yamaoka
Character: Otatsu
Yasukiyo Umeno
Character: Tokusaburo

Masao Oda
Character: Zenpachi
Masumi Okada
Character: Kisuke
Toshio Takahara
Character: Kaneji

Sanpei Mine
Character: Sanpei
Kin Sugai
Character: Okuma

Shoichi Ozawa
Character: Kinzo
Kenjiro Uemura
Character: Chobei
Akitake Kôno
Character: Matabei

Kō Nishimura
Character: Kiyami no Shinko
Kazuo Kumakura
Character: Kinbou
Taiji Tonoyama
Character: Kurazo

Hiroshi Kato
Character: Kurazo's Son, Seishichi
Hideaki Nitani
Character: Monta Shiji
Akira Kobayashi
Character: Genzui Kusaka

Shosei Muto
Character: Yamato
Reiko Arai
Character: Omoyo
Hyōe Enoki
Character: Genpei

Akifumi Inoue
Character: Gonta


Yoko Takeuchi
Character: Oyoshi
Aomi Shiba
Character: Otetsu
Chiyoko Shimizu
Character: Ouno

Chigusa Takayama
Character: Osada
Takeshi Katō
Character: Narrator (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Kuratarō Takamura
Director of Photography
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer

Kimihiko Nakamura
Art Direction
Kazuhiko Chiba
Art Direction

Fumio Hashimoto
Sound Recordist
Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto
Production Manager
Mitsuo Onishi
Lighting Technician