Movielogr
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)
Directed by Tadashi Sawashima
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.
Length 122 minutes
Actors
Toshirō Mifune | Keiju Kobayashi | Kinya Kitaoji | Yôko Tsukasa | Yuriko Hoshi | Kan'emon Nakamura | Junko Ikeuchi | Kinnosuke Nakamura | Umenosuke Nakamura | Yumiko Nogawa | Takahiro Tamura | Katsuo Nakamura | Mita Kitagawa | Shinsuke Okimoto | Ichirô Nakatani | Ryunosuke Yamazaki | Kazuya Oguri | Hiroshi Tanaka | Shinnosuke Ogata | Seishirô Kuno | Kiyoshi Taiki | Hiroto Kimura | Kyosuke Ugami | Jotaro Togami | Eijiro Soma | Yoshijiro Murata | Shin Tsuda | Naoki Yamazaki | Rentarô Mikuni | Kinzô Shin | Ryôhei Uchida | Kôichi Satô