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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.601 |
Directed By
Toshikazu Kono
Crew
Hiroshi Ookawa
Hajime Takaiwa
Shinji Kessoku
Kan Shimozawa
Toshikazu Kono
Kenji Tanaka
Takatoshi Suzuki
Kenjirō Tōjō
Shiro Fukai
Minoru Miki
TOP CAST
Chiezō Kataoka
Kondo Isami
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Okita Soji
Yuriko Tashiro
Aguri
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Kensaku Hara
Hijikata Toshizo
Kodayu Ichikawa
Mizuno Izumi-no-kami
Kyoji Sugi
Ryusai
Kunio Kaga
Yamanami Keisuke
Sugisaku Aoyama
Sato Hikogoro
Masao Mishima
Enomoto Takeaki
Yasushi Nagata
Katsu Awa-no-kami
Koreya Senda
Goto Shojiro
Kenji Susukida
Oguri Kozukenosuke
Mitsuko Mito
Oren
Yūji Hori
Todo Heisuke
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Ito Kashitaro
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