Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957)
Bakumatsu taiyôden (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 50min
- Comedy, Drama
- 14 Jul 1957 (Japan)
- Movie
- 3 wins.
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Cast
Furankî Sakai | ... |
Inokori Saheiji, the stayer
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Sachiko Hidari | ... |
Osome, the prostitute
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Yôko Minamida | ... |
Koharu, the prostitute
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Yûjirô Ishihara | ... |
Shinsaku Takasugi
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Izumi Ashikawa | ... |
Ohisa, the maid
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Toshiyuki Ichimura | ... |
Mokubei
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Nobuo Kaneko | ... |
Denbei
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Hisano Yamaoka | ... |
Otatsu - Denbei's wife
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Yasukiyo Umeno | ... |
Tokusaburô - Otatsu's son
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Masao Oda | ... |
Zenpachi
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Masumi Okada | ... |
Kisuke
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Toshio Takahara |
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Tomio Aoki | ... |
Tadasuke
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Sanpei Mine | ... |
Sanpei
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Kin Sugai | ... |
Okuma
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Shôichi Ozawa | ... |
Kinzô
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Kenjirô Uemura | ... |
Chôbei - Ohisa's father
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Akitake Kôno | ... |
Matabei
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Kô Nishimura |
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Kazuo Kumakura | ... |
Kinbô
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Ken Mishima |
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Taiji Tonoyama | ... |
Kurazô
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Hiroshi Katô | ... |
Kurazô's son
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Hideaki Nitani | ... |
Monta Shiji
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Akira Kobayashi | ... |
Genzui Kusaka
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Reiji Akitsu | ... |
Kumatarô Ariyoshi
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Reiko Arai | ... |
Omoyo
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Hyôe Enoki | ... |
Genpei
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Toyo Fukuda |
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Keisuke Hotaka | ... |
Shôsuke Shirai
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Shôbun Inoue | ... |
Gonta
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Ryûsei Itô |
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Nobuo Kawakami |
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Ikunosuke Koizumi |
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Akio Miyabe |
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Shôsei Mutô |
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Hiromi Seki | ... |
Shunsuke Itô
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Aomi Shiba | ... |
Otetsu
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Chiyoko Shimizu | ... |
Ouno
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Chigusa Takayama | ... |
Osada
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Yôko Takeuchi | ... |
Oyoshi
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Zenji Yamada | ... |
Yûnen
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Takeshi Katô | ... |
Narrator (uncredited)
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Directed by
Yûzô Kawashima |
Written by
Hisashi Yamanouchi | ... | (screenplay) (as Keiichi Tanaka) & |
Yûzô Kawashima | ... | (screenplay) & |
Shôhei Imamura | ... | (screenplay) (as Shohei Imamura) |
Hisashi Yamanouchi | ... | () (as Keiichi Tanaka) |
Produced by
Takeshi Yamamoto | ... | producer |
Music by
Toshirô Mayuzumi |
Cinematography by
Kuratarô Takamura |
Editing by
Tadashi Nakamura |
Art Direction by
Kazuhiko Chiba | ||
Kimihiko Nakamura |
Production Management
Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto | ... | executive in charge of production (as Hiroka Hayashimoto) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shôhei Imamura | ... | assistant director (as Shohei Imamura) |
Sound Department
Fumio Hashimoto | ... | sound recordist |
Camera and Electrical Department
Mitsuo Ônishi | ... | lighting technician |
Additional Crew
Tsuruo Andô | ... | documentation |
Rosemary Dean | ... | English subtitles |
Shôhachi Kimura | ... | historical research |
Shigeo Miyao | ... | documentation |
Monnosuke Sawamura | ... | performance supervisor |
Tetsuro Shimauchi | ... | English subtitles |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Eureka Entertainment (2013) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Kinema Video (Japan)
- NHK BS Premium (2012) (Japan) (tv)
- NHK Sôgô (1994) (Japan) (tv)
- NHK-BS2 (1993) (Japan) (tv)
- Nikkatsu (2012) (Japan) (Blu-ray)
- Nikkatsu (2012) (Japan) (DVD)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
Set in the last few years of the shogun's rule, this period/ensemble movie depicts the lives of the young and the restless at a whorehouse. The protagonist is Saheiji, a resourceful, witty free spirit. It's 1862, 6 years before the Shogun turned his political power over to the Emperor. Penniless Saheiji splashes out at a famous Shinagawa whorehouse. He's forced to stay on at the whorehouse to repay his debt. At first Saheiji is regarded as an unwelcome guest who never leaves but it turns out he is not just a poor grifter. None of the whorehouse's guests, hosts, servants and attending ladies are innocent but they are pragmatic schemers. Saheiji soon endears himself to them all and solves many whorehouse disputes with his wit. But it is slowly revealed that the seemingly perfect Saheiji is suffering from tuberculosis and his future is uncertain... Written by Nikkatsu |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Posthumously listed as one of Akira Kurosawa's 100 favorite films. See more » |