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is a 1987 Japanese
black comedy Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discu ...
film by director Shohei Imamura. It was entered into the
1987 Cannes Film Festival The 40th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1987. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Sous le soleil de Satan'' by Maurice Pialat, a choice which was considered "highly controversial" and the prize was given under the jeers of the public. ...
. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the
60th Academy Awards The 60th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on April 11, 1988, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PDT. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences


Plot

The film tells the story of Iheiji Muraoka, who built brothels for the Japanese military.


Cast

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Ken Ogata , better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor. Life Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's '' The Pillow Book'', Paul Schrader's '' Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters'' and Shohei Imam ...
as Iheiji Muraoka *
Mitsuko Baisho , is a Japanese actress, whose most internationally known work has been for director Shohei Imamura, from 1979 up to the director's final film in 2010. Baisho has also appeared in films of Akira Kurosawa. She won awards for best actress at the 10 ...
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 is a Japanese actor. Career Sugimoto was first a member of a rock band before he debuted as an actor in 1983 in the film '' Hakujasho''. For that film, he won a Japan Academy Prize best newcomer award. In addition to his work in film, he has a ...
as Genkichi *
Minori Terada is a Japanese voice actor and actor. Life and career Terada was born in Tokyo, as first son of Masaaki Terada, a famous painter. In 1961, Terada begun to be an actor. Terada is known as a villain, such as Alien Metron in ''Ultraman Max'', an ...
as Hisamitsu *
Taiji Tonoyama was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company ...
as Shimada * Fujio Tsuneta as Nishiyama * Kimiko Yoshimiya as Takeyo


See also

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List of submissions to the 60th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 60th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films ...
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List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Japan has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since the inception of the award. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion pic ...


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* 1987 films 1980s black comedy films Films about prostitution in Japan Films directed by Shohei Imamura 1980s Japanese-language films Toei Company films 1987 comedy films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub