The General and His Empire of Joy
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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.
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Eiko Matsuda
Okoyo
Tokuko Watanabe
Kumemura
Hiromi Maya
Hatsuse
Yūsuke Kazato
Cast member
Masataka Iwao
Cast member
Ryumei Azuma
Kikutaro
Akira Shioji
Cast member
Rena Uchimura
Nun
Mika Kaneko
Cast member
Ryuji Katagiri
Cast member
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