Film

Sleepless Oedo

1993 · 30m · Animation · Fantasy · History

We are now in the early 18th century, the Kyouhou era, when the merchant culture was flourishing. In Yoshiwara, the red light district of Edo, there is a popular courtesan with good looks and character, called Usugumo. She in fact is a daughter of a Christianized prostitute and Tokugawa Yoshimune (who was a real historical character and the 8th Shogun of Japan), but the power struggle in these times doesn't allow her to be with her father. Her fate is about to change when she meets the blond haired thief, Kikunosuke. With Kikunosuke, a doctor named Aoto Touichirou, who uses the yet unfamiliar Western medicine, and her pet cat, Kotetsu, Usugumo forms a thief group, the Kikugumi. In the meanwhile, a member of a mysterious group appears, aiming for Usugumo...

Noriko Hidaka

Usugumo (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Kikunosuke Bentenyama (voice)

Nobuaki Fukuda

Shigeyoshi (voice)

Daiki Nakamura

Kawarabanya (voice)

Akimasa Omori

Suzaku (voice)

• Koichi ChigiraDirector
• Mami WatanabeWriter
• Hitoshi YamaguchiDirector of Photography

Release date

July 23, 1993

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

30m

Genres

Animation, Fantasy, History, Drama