A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

110 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 14, 1957

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.

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

110 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 14, 1957

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 幕末太陽傳
Directors Yūzō Kawashima, Shôhei Imamura
Writers Yūzō Kawashima, Hisashi Yamanouchi, Shôhei Imamura

Cast

Frankie Sakai

as Inokori Saheiji

Sachiko Hidari

as Osome

Yôko Minamida

as Koharu

Yûjirô Ishihara

as Shinsaku Takasugi

Izumi Ashikawa

as Ohisa

Toshiyuki Ichimura

as Mokubei

Nobuo Kaneko

as Denbei

Hisano Yamaoka

as Otatsu

Yasukiyo Umeno

as Tokusaburo

Masao Oda

as Zenpachi

Masumi Okada

as Kisuke

Toshio Takahara

as Kaneji

Sanpei Mine

as Sanpei

Kin Sugai

as Okuma

Shoichi Ozawa

as Kinzo

Kenjiro Uemura

as Chobei

Akitake Kôno

as Matabei

Kō Nishimura

as Kiyami no Shinko

Kazuo Kumakura

as Kinbou

Taiji Tonoyama

as Kurazo

Hiroshi Kato

as Kurazo's Son, Seishichi

Hideaki Nitani

as Monta Shiji

Akira Kobayashi

as Genzui Kusaka

Shosei Muto

as Yamato

Reiko Arai

as Omoyo

Hyōe Enoki

as Genpei

Akifumi Inoue

as Gonta

Yoko Takeuchi

as Oyoshi

Aomi Shiba

as Otetsu

Chiyoko Shimizu

as Ouno

Chigusa Takayama

as Osada

Takeshi Katō

as Narrator (uncredited)