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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.3259 |
Directed By
Tadashi Sawashima
Crew
Sachiro Sato
Hiroshi Inagaki
Yoshio Nishikawa
Yoshihiro Araki
Masaru Satō
Tadashi Sawashima
Ko Iidaka
Toshirō Mifune
Masamichi Ichikawa
Kazuo Yamada
Hiroshi Ueda
Kenrō Matsuura
Shigeo Kobayashi
Teruo Maru
TOP 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
Katsuo Nakamura
Kisaburo Kawai
Mita Kitagawa
Kaori
Shinsuke Okimoto
Hachiro Shoga
Ichirō Nakatani
Moribe Tani
Ryunosuke Yamazaki
Sanosuke Harada
Kazuya Oguri
Naouemon Teshiro
Hiroshi Tanaka
Shinpachi Nagakura
Shinnosuke Ogata
Heisuke Todo
Seishirō Kuno
Gennosuke Inoue
Kiyoshi Taiki
Goro Hirayama
Hiroto Kimura
Shigesuke Hirama
Kyosuke Ugami
Jo Yamazaki
Jotaro Togami
Teizo Miyabe
Eijiro Soma
Ninmaro Yoshida
Yoshijiro Murata
Shuzo Ishikawa
Shin Tsuda
Executive
Rentaro Mikuni
Kamo Serizawa
Kinzō Shin
Honmeido
Ryōhei Uchida
Nishiki Shinmi
Naoki Yamazaki
Tokutaro Ikeda
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