Apr 19, 1986
85 min
Full-HD

Jazz Daimyo (1986)

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.

Category

Music Comedy Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Shochiku Daiei Film Kihachi Productions

Ikko Furuya

Ryokatsu Kaigo

Ichirō Zaitsu

Kurozaemon Ishide

Ai Kanzaki

Princess Ayako

Mami Okamoto

Princess Matsue

Taiji Tonoyama

Gensai

Hirotaro Honda

Monosuke Suzukawa

Masao Imafuku

Gundayu

Shinji Ogawa

Hachinohei Nakayama

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