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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957 · 110 min

A wry, bustling period comedy that charms with its scheming hero, then quietly deepens into something bittersweet.

Directed by
Yūzō Kawashima
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Frankie Sakai, Sachiko Hidari, Yōko Minamida
Overview
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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Directed by
Yūzō Kawashima
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Frankie Sakai, Sachiko Hidari, Yōko Minamida
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • survival
  • deception
  • power
  • mystery
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Yūzō Kawashima
Written by
Hisashi Yamanouchi, Yūzō Kawashima, Shōhei Imamura
Starring
Frankie Sakai, Sachiko Hidari, Yōko Minamida, Yūjirō Ishihara, Izumi Ashikawa, Toshiyuki Ichimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Hisano Yamaoka
Music
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Cinematography
Kuratarō Takamura
Runtime
110 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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