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.[2] The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]
| Zegen | |
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 Poster for Zegen (1987) | |
| Directed by | Shohei Imamura |
| Written by | Shohei Imamura Kota Okabe |
| Starring | Ken Ogata Mitsuko Baisho |
| Cinematography | Masao Tochizawa |
| Edited by | Hajime Okayasu |
| Music by | Shin’ichirō Ikebe |
| Distributed by | Imamura Productions, Toei Co. Ltd. Toei Co. Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot edit
The film tells the story of Iheiji Muraoka, who built brothels for the Japanese military.
Cast edit
- Ken Ogata as Iheiji Muraoka
- Mitsuko Baisho as Shiho
- Bang-ho Cho as Komashitai
- Yuki Furutachi
- Shino Ikenami as Tome
- Kozo Ishii as Kumai
- Satoko Iwasaki
- Kurenai Kanda as Otsuno
- Choichiro Kawarazaki as Kunikura
- Chun Hsiung Ko as Wang (as Chun-Hsiung Ko)
- Hiroyuki Konishi as Uehara
- Mami Kumagaya as Kino
- Leonard Kuma as Shop owner
- Norihei Miki as Tomonaga
- Sanshō Shinsui as Chota
- Tetta Sugimoto as Genkichi
- Minori Terada as Hisamitsu
- Taiji Tonoyama as Shimada
- Fujio Tsuneta as Nishiyama
- Kimiko Yoshimiya as Takeyo
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Sharp, Jasper (17 July 2001). "Midnight Eye review: Zegen (Zegen, 1987, Shohei IMAMURA)". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Zegen". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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