The General and His Empire of Joy

Drama · 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.

Starring

Eiko Matsuda, Yōzō Tanaka, Hachiro Aoyama, Tokuko Watanabe, Ikuo Sekimoto, Hiromi Maya, Yūsuke Kazato, Kenji Tsukagoshi, Masataka Iwao, Takeo Araki

Director

Ikuo Sekimoto