

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Nikkatsu Corporation
Key Crew

Yūzō Kawashima
Director

Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay

Yūzō Kawashima
Screenplay
Cast

Frankie Sakai
Inokori Saheiji

Sachiko Hidari
Osome

Yōko Minamida
Koharu

Yūjirō Ishihara
Shinsaku Takasugi

Izumi Ashikawa
Ohisa

Toshiyuki Ichimura
Mokubei

Nobuo Kaneko
Denbei

Hisano Yamaoka
Otatsu

Yasukiyo Umeno
Tokusaburo

Masao Oda
Zenpachi

Masumi Okada
Kisuke

Toshio Takahara
Kaneji

Tomio Aoki
Sanpei Mine
Sanpei

Kin Sugai
Okuma

Shoichi Ozawa
Kinzo

Kenjiro Uemura
Chobei
Akitake Kōno
Matabei

Kō Nishimura
Kiyami no Shinko

Kazuo Kumakura
Kinbou