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
Network & Production Companies
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
Yôko 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 Kôno
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
Akifumi 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
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Tadashi Nakamura
Editor
Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto
Production Manager
Fumio Hashimoto
Sound Recordist
Mitsuo Onishi
Lighting Technician
Kazuhiko Chiba
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 14, 1957
Original Name幕末太陽傳
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
samurai
prostitute
brothel
jidai geki
grifter
bakumatsu
Wiki.
Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (幕末太陽傳 or 幕末太陽伝, Bakumatsu taiyōden) 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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