Zegen

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
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	5 September 1987 (1987-09-05)
Running time	120 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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

• Cinema of Japan
• 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