A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Plot Summary

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.

7.2 /10

1957

JP

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samurai

prostitute

brothel

grifter

jidaigeki

edo period

bakumatsu