Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)
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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.
At a glance
- Release date
- 1969-12-05
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, History
- Director
- Tadashi Sawashima
- Cast
- Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Kinya Kitaoji, Yōko Tsukasa, Yuriko Hoshi, Kan'emon Nakamura, Junko Ikeuchi, Kinnosuke Nakamura
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