The General and His Empire of Joy

(1977)

★ 4.6 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1977

Runtime: 81 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 関本郁夫

Cast: 松田暎子, 渡辺とく子, ひろみ摩耶, 風戸佑介, 岩尾正隆, Ryumei Azuma, 汐路章, 内村レナ, Mika Kaneko, 片桐竜次

Plot

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.