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The General and His Empire of Joy
Drama

THE GENERAL AND HIS EMPIRE OF JOY

19771h 21m4.7 TMDb

Directed by Ikuo Sekimoto

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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.

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

Ryumei Azuma

Kikutaro

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Rena Uchimura

Rena Uchimura

Nun

Movie Vibe

Suspense5
Emotion6.7
Complexity6.7
Humor5.3
Realism7.6
Action5.4
Darkness5

Who would enjoy this

Recommended for

  • fans of character-driven stories

May not appeal to

  • those seeking nonstop action
  • fans of purely lighthearted entertainment

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