Fall of the Shogun's Militia (1954)
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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