A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
かいせつ 幕末の品川遊郭で一文無しとなった佐平次は…。川島とフランキーの代表作にして、日本映画史に残る名作。幕末の志士や遊女も入り乱れる群像喜劇で、その中を軽妙かつ俊敏に泳ぎ回るフランキーの身ぶり手ぶりが映画の肝を担う。
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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