The Lucky General

当りや大将

The action takes place in a city where you can live on only 100 yen a day. The "General", who indulged in gambling with his henchmen all day, he was running his business and hitting him with a taxi turned out to be a trifle for him. A unique work, filled with tears and laughter, praising the beautiful human love that blooms at the bottom of life, focused on the genius “General” who lives in the troubled city of Kamagasaki.

Director

Kō Nakahira

Screenplay

Kaneto Shindō

Music

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Status

Released

Release date

26/08/1962

Original language

Japanese