Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)
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.
- Released
- 1969-12-05
- Genres
- Action, Drama, History
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tadashi Sawashima, Kenrō Matsuura
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 23 votes
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Isami Kondo
- Keiju Kobayashi as Toshizo Hijikata
- Kinya Kitaoji as Soji Okita
- Yōko Tsukasa as Tsune
- Yuriko Hoshi as Otaka
- Kan'emon Nakamura as Yasubo Katsu
- Junko Ikeuchi as Oyuki
- Kinnosuke Nakamura as Fujita Arima
- Umenosuke Nakamura as Keisuke Yamana
- Yumiko Nogawa as Oume
- Takahiro Tamura as Koshitaro Ito
- Katsuo Nakamura as Kisaburo Kawai
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