A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era(幕末太陽傳)
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Japan · 1957
1h 50m
Director Yūzō Kawashima
Starring Frankie Sakai, Sachiko Hidari, Yôko Minamida, Yûjirô Ishihara
Genre Comedy, Drama
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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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