A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
1h 50m
Running Time
July 14, 1957Release Date
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
1h 50m
Running Time
July 14, 1957Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Sanpei Mine
Sanpei

Kin Sugai
Okuma

Shoichi Ozawa
Kinzo

Kenjiro Uemura
Chobei

Akitake Kōno
Matabei

Kō Nishimura
Kiyami no Shinko

Kazuo Kumakura
Kinbou

Taiji Tonoyama
Kurazo

Hiroshi Kato
Kurazo's Son, Seishichi

Hideaki Nitani
Monta Shiji

Akira Kobayashi
Genzui Kusaka

Shosei Muto
Yamato

Reiko Arai
Omoyo

Hyōe Enoki
Genpei

Shōbun Inoue
Gonta

Yoko Takeuchi
Oyoshi

Aomi Shiba
Otetsu

Chiyoko Shimizu
Ouno

Chigusa Takayama
Osada

Takeshi Katō
Narrator (uncredited)

Yūzō Kawashima
Director / Screenplay

Kuratarō Takamura
Director of Photography

Tadashi Nakamura
Editor

Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer

Mitsuo Onishi
Lighting Technician

Shōhei Imamura
Assistant Director / Screenplay

Kazuhiko Chiba
Art Direction

Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto
Production Manager
Media.

Details.
Release DateJuly 14, 1957
Original Name幕末太陽傳
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
prostitute
brothel
samurai
grifter
bakumatsu
jidai geki
edo period
Wiki.
Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (Japanese: 幕末太陽傳 or 幕末太陽伝, Hepburn: Bakumatsu Taiyōden), also known as A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era, is a 1957 Japanese comedy film directed by Yūzō Kawashima and written by Kawashima, Shōhei Imamura and Keiichi Tanaka. It was voted the fifth best Japanese film of all time in a poll of 140 Japanese critics and filmmakers conducted by the magazine Kinema Junpo in 1999.
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