A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-07-14

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (309 Reviews)

Director:

Yèzè Kawashima

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Furankè Sakai Sachiko Hidari Yèko Minamida Yèjirè Ishihara

Writer:

Shèhei Imamura

Yèzè Kawashima

Keiichi Tanaka

Fullplot:

Set in the last few years of the shogun's rule, this period/ensemble movie depicts the lives of the young and the restless at a whorehouse. The protagonist is Saheiji, a resourceful, witty free spirit. It's 1862, 6 years before the Shogun turned his political power over to the Emperor. Penniless Saheiji splashes out at a famous Shinagawa whorehouse. He's forced to stay on at the whorehouse to repay his debt. At first Saheiji is regarded as an unwelcome guest who never leaves but it turns out he is not just a poor grifter. None of the whorehouse's guests, hosts, servants and attending ladies are innocent but they are pragmatic schemers. Saheiji soon endears himself to them all and solves many whorehouse disputes with his wit. But it is slowly revealed that the seemingly perfect Saheiji is suffering from tuberculosis and his future is uncertain...

Comments:

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By:

Jordan Medina

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