Zegen

Zegen
Poster for Zegen (1987)
Directed by	Shohei Imamura
Written by	Shohei Imamura Kota Okabe
Starring	Mitsuko Baisho
Music by	Shinichirô Ikebe
Cinematography	Masao Tochizawa
Edited by	Hajime Okayasu
Distributed by	Imamura Productions, Toei Co. Ltd. Toei Co. Ltd.
Release dates	September 5, 1987
Running time	124 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Zegen (Japanese: 女衒 ZEGEN) is a 1987 Japanese black comedy film by director Shohei Imamura. It was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

It is the story of Iheiji Muraoka, who built brothels for the Japanese military.

Cast

• Mitsuko Baisho - Shiho
• Bang-ho Cho - Komashitai
• Yuki Furutachi
• Shino Ikenami - Tome
• Kozo Ishii - Kumai
• Satoko Iwasaki
• Kurenai Kanda - Otsuno
• Choichiro Kawarazaki - Kunikura
• Chun Hsiung Ko - Wang (as Chun-Hsiung Ko)
• Hiroyuki Konishi - Uehara
• Mami Kumagaya - Kino
• Leonard Kuma - Shop owner
• Norihei Miki - Asanaga
• Ken Ogata - Iheiji Muraoka
• Sanshô Shinsui - Chota
• Tetta Sugimoto - Genkichi
• Minori Terada - Hisamitsu
• Taiji Tonoyama - Shimada
• Fujio Tsuneta - Nishiyama
• Kimiko Yoshimiya - Takeyo

References

External links

• Zegen at the Internet Movie Database
• Sharp, Jasper. Zegen (film review) at midnighteye.com