A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1h 50m

Comedy

7

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.

Crew

Yūzō Kawashima

Director, Screenplay

Shōhei Imamura

Screenplay, Assistant Director

Hisashi Yamanouchi

Screenplay

Tadashi Nakamura

Editor

Kuratarō Takamura

Director of Photography

Takeshi Yamamoto

Producer

Fumio Hashimoto

Sound Recordist

Mitsuo Onishi

Lighting Technician

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto

Production Manager

Kazuhiko Chiba

Art Direction

Kimihiko Nakamura

Art Direction