07 Dec 2006
Sakuran
Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.
The Sun's Burial
Will things change for the better?
In Osaka's slum, youth without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shin's.
Top Billed Cast
津川雅彦 Shin
炎加世子 Hanako
ささきいさお Takeshi
渡辺文雄 Yosehei
藤原釜足 Batasuke
北林谷栄 Chika
伴淳三郎 Yotsematsu
川津祐介 Yasu
佐藤慶 Sakaguchi
戸浦六宏 Masa
田中邦衛 Thief
小池朝雄 Black Glasses
小沢栄太郎 Doranya
浜村純 Goro Murata
Shinjiro Matsuzaki Koji Nakahara Kenji Yoshino 
清水元 Boss of the Ohama Clan
永井一郎 Yari
Akio Miyajima
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