The General and His Empire of Joy

The General and His Empire of Joy

81 mins | Drama | Feb. 11, 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.

The General and His Empire of Joy

81 mins | Drama | Feb. 11, 1977

The General and His Empire of Joy

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.

Producers	Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title	大奥浮世風呂
Directors	Ikuo Sekimoto
Writers	Yōzō Tanaka

Cast

Eiko Matsuda

as Okoyo

Tokuko Watanabe

as Kumemura

Hiromi Maya

as Hatsuse

Yûsuke Kazato

as

Masataka Iwao

as

Ryumei Azuma

as Kikutaro

Akira Shioji

as

Rena Uchimura

as Nun

Mika Kaneko

as

Ryuji Katagiri

as

Takashi Noguchi

as

Yoshinobu Hirose

as

Shunji Sasaki

as

Tsuyako Okajima

as

Mie Hayashi

as

Kayoko Tominaga

as

Mieko Hoshino

as

Mitsuki Shimoda

as

Takaya Shimoyama

as Sakakibara

Yukio Miyagi

as

Hiroshi Hatano

as Saotome

Yûko Asuka

as Maid

Junpei Arishima

as

Yasumori Hikita

as

Koichi Tamano

as

Kantarô Suga

as Tokugawa Ietsuna

Aoi Nakajima

as Tsuchiya Yuri

Masaru Shiga

as