Movielogr
Restoration Fire (1961)
Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda
Overview
Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse into the heart and soul of Japanese history. Although known as “Razor Blade” Hijikata, the vice-commander is a man of deep conviction with a little-known sense of humanity. Starting after the famed Ikedaya Incident, in which they saved Kyoto from Choshu’s plot to burn the city to ashes, they work hard to change the public’s view of them as merciless killers to their true mission of protecting the shogun. This is an extraordinary tale of blood and guts! From the pen of award winning author Shotaro Ikenami (Bandit Vs. Samurai, Hunter in the Dark, Misumi’s The Last Samurai)
Length 86 minutes
Actors
Chiezô Kataoka | Chikage Awashima | Takashi Shimura | Ryûnosuke Tsukigata | Kotaro Satomi | Noriko Kitazawa | Satomi Oka | Haruo Tanaka | Akitake Kôno | Koinosuke Onoe | Jotaro Togami | Shin Tokudaiji | Masuura Tsuke | Kenji Kusumoto | Eiji Okada | Ryuji Kita | Shigeru Aoki | Hideo Shimada | Ikutaro Ibuki | Tsukie Matsuura | Chizuru Kitagawa | Kanji Koshiba | Kentaro Ozato | Minoru Asuka | Kazutarô Kuni | Hiroshi Katô | Tetsunosuke Tsukigata | Mitsuo Asano | Shôtarô Hayashi | Ryôei Itô | Kinji Nakamura | Fujiya Ishimaru | Tokumaro Dan | Kajô Onoe | Kunijirô Yanagi | Kôtarô Hori | Shunji Daito | Eijirô Kataoka | Hiroshi Hatano | Minken Karasawa | Toshio Matsuda | Ryôji Kôzuki | Kin'ya Suzuki | Akira Shioji | Eiji Minakata | Junpei Arishima | Satoshi Akiyama