Where to Watch Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957) in the US

What it's about

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...

Cast and crew

Director

Yûzô Kawashima

Writer

Hisashi Yamanouchi, Yûzô Kawashima, Shôhei Imamura

Starring

Furankî Sakai, Sachiko Hidari, Yôko Minamida

Details

Release date

Jul 14, 1957

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Awards

3 wins

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