Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)

6.7/10 93 min Action Thriller War

Overview

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

Yamasaki Susumu

Shigeru Amachi

Toshizo Hijikata

Shiho Fujimura

Shima

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Isami Kondo

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Sanjûrô Tani

Jun'ichirō Narita

Kojûrô Kusunoki

Jun Tazaki

Kamo Serizawa

Mieko Kondō

Miyuki

Reiko Fujiwara

Oume

Ryūzō Shimada

Shuntarô Furutaka

Matasaburô Niwa

Kyûzô Okamoto

Yutaka Nakamura

Matsusuke Sugiyama

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Teizô Miyabe

Ikuko Mōri

Koei Kikyôya

Saburo Date

Keisuke Yamanami

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