Country
Japan
Date
Dec 23, 2011
Certification
G
1h 50min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Hisano Yamaoka | Otatsu |
| Yasukiyo Umeno | Tokusaburo |
| Masao Oda | Zenpachi |
| Masumi Okada | Kisuke |
| Toshio Takahara | Kaneji |
| Tomio Aoki | |
| Sanpei Mine | Sanpei |
| Kin Sugai | Okuma |
| Shoichi Ozawa | Kinzo |
| Kenjiro Uemura | Chobei |
| Akitake Kōno | Matabei |
| Kō Nishimura | Kiyami no Shinko |
| Kazuo Kumakura | Kinbou |
| Taiji Tonoyama | Kurazo |
| Hiroshi Kato | Kurazo's Son, Seishichi |
| Hideaki Nitani | Monta Shiji |
| Akira Kobayashi | Genzui Kusaka |
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| Shosei Muto | Yamato |
| Reiko Arai | Omoyo |
| Hyōe Enoki | Genpei |
| Toyo Fukuda | |
| Shōbun Inoue | Gonta |
| Ryusei Ito | |
| Nobuo Kawakami | |
| Ikunosuke Koizumi | |
| Akio Miyabe | |
| Yoko Takeuchi | Oyoshi |
| Aomi Shiba | Otetsu |
| Chiyoko Shimizu | Ouno |
| Chigusa Takayama | Osada |
| Zenji Yamada | |
| Takeshi Katō | Narrator (uncredited) |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | 幕末太陽傳 |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Nikkatsu Corporation |
| Data di uscita | 14 luglio 1957 |
| Producer | Takeshi Yamamoto |
| Writer | Shōhei Imamura, Hisashi Yamanouchi, Yūzō Kawashima |
| Editors | Tadashi Nakamura |
| Cinematography | Kuratarō Takamura |
| Asst. Directors | Shōhei Imamura, Yūzō Kawashima |
| Lighting | Mitsuo Onishi |
| Camera Operators | Kuratarō Takamura |
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| Add. Photography | Kuratarō Takamura |
| Production Design | Kazuhiko Chiba, Kimihiko Nakamura |
| Art Direction | Kazuhiko Chiba, Kimihiko Nakamura |
| Set Decoration | Kazuhiko Chiba, Kimihiko Nakamura |
| Composer | Toshirō Mayuzumi, Fumio Hashimoto |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi, Fumio Hashimoto |
Release dates
Limited release
Theatrical release
Country
Japan
Date
Jul 14, 1957
Digital
Country
Japan
Date
Dec 23, 2011
Physical media
Country
Japan
Date
Dec 23, 2011
Note
DVD
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