Zegen
1987 Japanese film
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| 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. |
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Running time | 120 minutes[1] |
| 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.[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]
Plot
The film tells the story of Iheiji Muraoka, who built brothels for the Japanese military.
Cast
- 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
- 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
References
- ^ 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
External links
- Zegen at IMDb
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Films directed by Shōhei Imamura
- Stolen Desire (1958)
- Nishi Ginza Station (1958)
- Endless Desire (1958)
- My Second Brother (1959)
- Pigs and Battleships (1961)
- The Insect Woman (1963)
- Unholy Desire (1964)
- The Pornographers (1966)
- A Man Vanishes (1967)
- Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
- History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970)
- Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute (1975)
- Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
- Eijanaika (1981)
- The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
- Zegen (1987)
- Black Rain (1989)
- The Eel (1997)
- Dr. Akagi (1998)
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
- 11′09″01 September 11 (2002)
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