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Synopsis
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.
Frankie Sakai
Cast
Sachiko Hidari
Cast
Yōko Minamida
Cast
Yūjirō Ishihara
Cast
Izumi Ashikawa
Cast
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Cast
Nobuo Kaneko
Cast
Hisano Yamaoka
Cast
Yasukiyo Umeno
Cast
Masao Oda
Cast
Yūzō Kawashima
Director
Shōhei Imamura
Writer
Hisashi Yamanouchi
Writer
Yūzō Kawashima
Writer

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