Last Days of Edo

Nov 28, 1941

1h 12m

★ 0.0

Overview

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

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Cast

Katsu Kaishū

Tsumasaburō Bandō

Okubo

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Enomoto

Takashi Shimura

Torataro Tsukamoto

Kensaku Hara

Tetsutaro Yamaoka

Jotaro Togami

Yasunosuke Masumi

Kichijirō Ueda

Shizuyo, Katsu's wife

Utako Tamaki

Kenji Osawa

Keisukê Ôshima

Isenokami Takahashi

Hiroshi Mizuno

Hayato Mukaiyama

Gorō Kawabe

Seiko Kawaji

Mitsuru Toyama

Kihei Motojime

Sannosuke Fujikawa

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