A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 · 110 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 1,376 VOTES · DIR. Yūzō Kawashima
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline - 1,405 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME - EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:27 ANikkatsu Production
00:05:39 And may we offer...
00:09:37 I don't know.
00:14:11 Behave yourselves!
00:18:32 - What? - I won't be having any.
00:23:22 Oh? You're still sleeping?
00:27:36 This isn't funny!
00:33:29 If I died alone, people would think I'd killed myself because of my debts.
00:38:23 I didn't have enough money.
00:43:15 Don't blame me. I just said the monk came...
00:47:10 The Sugiyama style or Yoshida style?
00:52:15 I can see that!
00:56:43 - He'll doze off in a minute. - Thank you.
01:01:17 Keep working and things will look up.
01:06:03 Very well, I'll join you.
01:11:19 Catch me if you can.
01:14:59 - Keep them coming. - You ingrate!
01:20:16 If you married me, my father's debt would be cancelled.
01:24:29 Yamato pissed on a police post and was arrested.
01:28:29 - You're the mistrustful one. - You doubted me first.
01:33:36 Ohisa? I can't look her in the eye.
01:38:08 Thank you, Governor!
01:43:10 Eh? Go ahead, open it.
01:50:17 You're going to hell!
Cast & Characters
Furankî Sakai
Inokori Saheiji, the stayer
Sachiko Hidari
Osome, the prostitute
Yôko Minamida
Koharu, the prostitute
Yûjirô Ishihara
Shinsaku Takasugi
Izumi Ashikawa
Ohisa, the maid
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Mokubei
Nobuo Kaneko
Denbei
Hisano Yamaoka
Otatsu - Denbei's wife
Yasukiyo Umeno
Tokusaburô - Otatsu's son
Masao Oda
Zenpachi
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,405
Dialogue density12.8 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line01:50:17
Production Record
DirectorYūzō Kawashima
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes1,376