The General and His Empire of Joy
MovieTitle | 大奥浮世風呂 |
User score | 4.5 |
Release date | Feb 11, 1977 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Ikuo Sekimoto |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Toei Company |
Run time | 81 min. |
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.