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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

1969•2h 2m•6.8/10
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6.8/10(22)

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.

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Production

TOHO, Mifune Productions

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Isami Kondo

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Toshizo Hijikata

Kinya Kitaoji

Kinya Kitaoji

Soji Okita

Yōko Tsukasa

Yōko Tsukasa

Tsune

Yuriko Hoshi

Yuriko Hoshi

Otaka

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kan'emon Nakamura

Yasubo Katsu

Junko Ikeuchi

Junko Ikeuchi

Oyuki

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Fujita Arima

Umenosuke Nakamura

Umenosuke Nakamura

Keisuke Yamana

Yumiko Nogawa

Yumiko Nogawa

Oume

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

Koshitaro Ito

Katsuo Nakamura

Kisaburo Kawai

Mita Kitagawa

Kaori

Shinsuke Okimoto

Hachiro Shoga

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

Moribe Tani

Ryunosuke Yamazaki

Sanosuke Harada

Kazuya Oguri

Naouemon Teshiro

Hiroshi Tanaka

Hiroshi Tanaka

Shinpachi Nagakura

Shinnosuke Ogata

Heisuke Todo

Seishirō Kuno

Gennosuke Inoue

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