Zegen 1987

Description: ZEGEN The Pimp Of Imamura s late films Zegen is the most like his early masterworks epic energetic sexually impudent and grotesquely funny A satire about colonialism commerce and carnality Zegen is based on the true story of a hairdresser Iheiji Muraoka Ken Ogata sent to Manchuria to spy on the Russian army A born entrepreneur Muraoka set up a chain of brothels throughout Asia a kind of fornication franchise and became the big Boss of the South Seas As Imamura portrays him the zegen is a decent but doltish and blindly patriotic businessman who views his development of a prostitution empire throughout Southeast Asia as the vanguard of Japan s military adventurism For the sake of a great cause I procure women Imamura s rambling epic is filmed entirely outside Japan in early 1900 s South East Asia It satirizes Japanese imperialism with considerable bite but is also very entertaining in its characters and story Based on the autobiography of a Japanese business man named Muraoka if follows the main character from when he jumps ship swimming ashore in Hong Kong harbour to Manchuria where he works as a Japanese spy using prostitutes to gain information from the Russians to Malaysia where he sets up brothels of Japanese prostitutes in a effort to further Japanese colonization in the area Ken Ogata plays the lead giving a nuanced performance of the man who runs brothels as part of his noble service to the Emperor There is also a compelling love story some very humourous satirical lines and plenty of half clothed women What more could you want Note The title oyabun is used for Muraoka often in the film It means Boss or Big Boss or Godfather I think you get the picture Trivia Director Takashi Miike was given his first film credit as assistant director on Zegen He was a student at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image at the time The Institute was founded by Imamura

Country:  Japanese

Released: 1987

Genre: drama

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