Fall of the Shogun's Militia

Nov 22, 1954

1h 54m

★ 7.0

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.

Genres

History

Production Companies

Toei Company

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Cast

Kondo Isami

Chiezo Kataoka

Okita Soji

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Chizuru Kitagawa

Aguri

Yuriko Tashiro

Shinobu Chihara

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Hijikata Toshizo

Kensaku Hara

Kazuo Ishii

Mizuno Izumi-no-kami

Kodayu Ichikawa

Ryusai

Kyoji Sugi

Yamanami Keisuke

Kunio Kaga

Sato Hikogoro

Sugisaku Aoyama

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