Last Days of Edo (1941)
Overview
It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.297 |
Directed By
Hiroshi Inagaki
Crew
Hiroshi Inagaki
Hiroshi Inagaki
Gorō Nishi
Hideo Ishimoto
Heikichi Tsunoi
Mikio Takahashi
Toshirō Sasaki
Shigeo Nishida
Katsuichi Wada
Hideo Yumoto
Genjirō Yoshida
Shunzo Matsumoto
Umeo Harada
Kazuo Nishimura
TOP CAST
Tsumasaburō Bandō
Katsu Kaishū
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Okubo
Takashi Shimura
Enomoto
Kensaku Hara
Torataro Tsukamoto
Jotaro Togami
Tetsutaro Yamaoka
Kichijirō Ueda
Yasunosuke Masumi
Utako Tamaki
Shizuyo, Katsu's wife
Keisukê Ôshima
Kenji Osawa
Hiroshi Mizuno
Isenokami Takahashi
Gorō Kawabe
Hayato Mukaiyama
Mitsuru Toyama
Seiko Kawaji
Sannosuke Fujikawa
Kihei Motojime
Kajō Onoe
Katsutei, Shinzaburo's servant
Tokumaro Dan
Shunkichi Ishida
Takashi Ogawa
Tatsugoro
Hiroshi Takada
British Minister Burks
Seiji Izumi
British Captain Kipple
Tominosuke Hayama
Shimakami Fujisawa
Fumio Wakamatsu
Shimakami Satsuma
Saganji Okawara
Imperial Army Soldier Hyoemon Shiraishi
Kotaro Nifuda
Buntaro Koshuya
Sentaro Daito
Guardian of Kawakatsu
Seiji Taki
Mimasaka Asano
Tsuyoshi Shimoyama
Government Army Soldier Mori
Hidemichi Ishikawa
Young Chokichi on the river bank
Eizaburo Kusunoki
Young man Tasuke on the river bank
Minoru Bando
Youth Ichigura on the River bank
Kiyoshi Kasuga
Shinnosuke Morikawa
Mitsuo Môri
Yuzuru Matsumura
Shinsuke Namiki
Yoroku Ohata of the Junchu Corps
Gentaro Misaki
Yuzaburo Kono, hatamoto
Tsunekichi Seigawa
Wataru Tanigawa, hatamoto
Kazuo Tsushima
Yanosuke Uchimura, hatamoto
Sashō Ichikawa
Townsman Matsusuke
Kazushi Seto
Naval Officer Yasunari Komaki
Ryûzaburô Yabuuchi
Naval Officer Susumu Ito
Ryutaro Chikamatsu
Navy Officer Gonbei Nishi
Yukio Horikita
Infantryman Takichi Motegi
Shizuo Maeda
Saeki
Jushiro Kobayashi
Seinosuke Tsugawa
Katsusaburo Ukita
Shirayanagi
Emiko Yanagi
Older Sister Yae
Toshiko Sawamura
Younger sister Teru
Misako Tokiwa
Proprietress Oseki
Kikutaro Onoe
Yoshinobu Tokugawa
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