CAST:
Ken Ogata (Iheiji Muraoka),
Mitsuko Baishô (Shiho),
Norihei Miki (Asanaga),
Taiji Tonoyama (Shimada),
Chun Hsiung Ko (Wang)

SCRIPT:
Shôhei Imamura,
Kota Okabe

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Masao Tochizawa

Synopsis:
This satire of Japan’s imperialist tendencies is illustrated through the character of Iheiji Muraoke, a pimp who combines his entrepreneurial spirit and patriotism by opening brothels for Japanese soldiers stationed all over Southeast Asia. In the beginning of the twentieth century, Iheiji Muraoka jumped off of a ship and ended up in Hong Kong. With no money or home, he starts to work as a barber’s apprentice. When the Japanese consulate sends him on a spy mission in Manchuria, he thinks of a brilliant business idea.

35 mm, color, 124 min