The General and His Empire of Joy

4.5

81m

1977

Drama

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.

Starring

Eiko Matsuda, Tokuko Watanabe, Hiromi Maya, Yūsuke Kazato, Masataka Iwao, Ryumei Azuma, Akira Shioji, Rena Uchimura, Mika Kaneko, Ryuji Katagiri

Directed By

Ikuo Sekimoto