The General and His Empire of Joy

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
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  Tokuko Watanabe

  Kumemura
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  Hiromi Maya

  Hatsuse
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  Yūsuke Kazato
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  Masataka Iwao
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  Akira Shioji
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  Mika Kaneko
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  Ryuji Katagiri
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  Takashi Noguchi
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  Shunji Sasaki