Fall of the Shogun's Militia (1954)

7.0/10 114 min History

Overview

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who devoted his life to protecting the shogun and fighting on the side of the Tokugawa. This tells the story of the Shinsengumi starting at the moment of their greatest triumph through the final battles as the Tokugawa shogunate was brought down.

Cast

Chiezo Kataoka

Kondo Isami

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Okita Soji

Chizuru Kitagawa

Yuriko Tashiro

Aguri

Shinobu Chihara

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Kensaku Hara

Hijikata Toshizo

Kodayu Ichikawa

Mizuno Izumi-no-kami

Kyoji Sugi

Ryusai

Kunio Kaga

Yamanami Keisuke

Masao Mishima

Enomoto Takeaki

Koreya Senda

Goto Shojiro

Mitsuko Mito

Oren

Yūji Hori

Todo Heisuke

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ito Kashitaro

Eijirō Kataoka

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