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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Frankie Sakai as Inokori Saheiji
Sachiko Hidari as Osome
Yōko Minamida as Koharu
Yūjirō Ishihara as Shinsaku Takasugi
Izumi Ashikawa as Ohisa
Toshiyuki Ichimura as Mokubei
Nobuo Kaneko as Denbei
Hisano Yamaoka as Otatsu
Yasukiyo Umeno as Tokusaburo
Masao Oda as Zenpachi
Masumi Okada as Kisuke
Toshio Takahara as Kaneji
Sanpei Mine as Sanpei
Kin Sugai as Okuma
Shoichi Ozawa as Kinzo
Yūzō Kawashima Director
Kuratarō Takamura Director of Photography
Tadashi Nakamura Editor
Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer
Mitsuo Onishi Lighting Technician
Shōhei Imamura Assistant Director
Kazuhiko Chiba Art Direction
Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto Production Manager
Takeshi Yamamoto Producer
Kimihiko Nakamura Art Direction
Fumio Hashimoto Sound Recordist
Yūzō Kawashima Screenplay
Shōhei Imamura Screenplay
Hisashi Yamanouchi Screenplay
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