Story of movie Zegen : Zegen (Japanese: ?? ZEGEN) is a 1987 Japanese black comedy film by director Shohei Imamura. It was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. 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.
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Poster for Zegen (1987) | |
| Directed by | Shohei Imamura |
| Written by | Shohei Imamura Kota Okabe |
| Starring | Mitsuko Baisho |
| Music by | Shin’ichir? Ikebe |
| Cinematography | Masao Tochizawa |
| Edited by | Hajime Okayasu |
| Distributed by | Imamura Productions, Toei Co. Ltd. Toei Co. Ltd. |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Screenplay
It is the story of Iheiji Muraoka, who built brothels for the Japanese military.
- 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
- Sansh? Shinsui - Chota
- Tetta Sugimoto - Genkichi
- Minori Terada - Hisamitsu
- Taiji Tonoyama - Shimada
- Fujio Tsuneta - Nishiyama
- Kimiko Yoshimiya - Takeyo
- List of submissions to the 60th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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