Rent Zegen (1987)
3.5 of 5 from 52 ratings
2h 0min
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- Synopsis:
After washing up, penniless and destitute in Hong Kong in 1901, lheiji Muraoka (Ken Ogata) assimilates straight away into the local Japanese expatriate community, and is soon set up in the city as an apprentice barber. The Japanese consul has higher goals for him in mind, however, and he finds himself dispatched on a spying mission to investigate Russian military activity in Manchuria. After discovering an enclave of young Japanese women being held as prostitutes, lheiji spots an opportunity to prove his loyalty to the Emperor and make a quick buck in the process, partnering with his former sweetheart Shiho (Mitsuko Baisho) and rehabilitating a group of ex-convicts to build an enterprise that stretches to Malaysia and the Philippines. - Actors:
- Ken Ogata, Mitsuko Baishô, Chun Hsiung Ko, Norihei Miki, Hiroyuki Konishi, Sanshô Shinsui, Tetta Sugimoto, Taiji Tonoyama, Leonard Kuma, Fujio Tokita, Minori Terada, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Mami Kumagaya, Shino Ikenami, Maiko Kazama, Kurenai Kanda, Yuki Kodate, Bang-ho Cho, Mitsuzô Ishii, Satoru Hosokawa
- Directors:
- Shôhei Imamura
- Producers:
- Yoshihiko Sugiyama, Kunio Takeshige, Jirô Ôba
- Writers:
- Shôhei Imamura, Kôta Okabe
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/12/2020
- Run Time:
- 125 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp
- Brand new, in-depth appreciation of the film by Japanese cinema expert Tony Rayns
- Image Gallery
