Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)
Overview
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.
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Isami Kondo
Keiju Kobayashi
Toshizo Hijikata
Kinya Kitaoji
Soji Okita
Yōko Tsukasa
Tsune
Yuriko Hoshi
Otaka
Kan'emon Nakamura
Yasubo Katsu
Junko Ikeuchi
Oyuki
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Fujita Arima
Umenosuke Nakamura
Keisuke Yamana
Yumiko Nogawa
Oume
Takahiro Tamura
Koshitaro Ito
Ichirō Nakatani
Moribe Tani
Hiroshi Tanaka
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