Battle Cry (1975)
During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro's friendship with a pickpocket, who switches sides whenever it suits his needs, leads to complications that could cost Sentaro his life as they infiltrate enemy lines.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
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Toshitaka Itō as Senta |
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Yusuke Okada as Manjiro |
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Etsushi Takahashi as Hosoya Judayu |
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Hiroko Isayama as Oito |
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Emiko Chinami as Teru |
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Masao Imafuku as Taihei |
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Shin Ibuki as Zenbei |
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Yasuzō Ogawa as Wasaburo |
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Hiroshi Hasegawa as Sakurai |
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Yoshitaka Tanba as Ichi |
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Masaharu Kasuya as Monji |
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Susumu Fujita as Yata |
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Hideyo Amamoto as Yosaku |
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Sachio Sakai as Nimaibashi Roh Wasuke |
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Katsumi Muramatsu as Sera Shuzo |
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Ben Hiura as Katsumi Zentaro |
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Akira Onodera as Seizo Matsuda |
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Shin Kishida as Yunoshin Senda |
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Shōji Ōki as Tosuke Seo |
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Kunie Tanaka as Yamakawa Hiroshi |
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Tomoe Iwasaki as Mother |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Hijikata Toshizo |
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Hiroto Kimura as Itagaki Taisuke |
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Kyū Sakamoto as Old Woman Storyteller |
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Ren Yamamoto as |
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Naoya Kusakawa as |
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Setsuko Kawaguchi as |
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Ichirō Nakatani as Narrator (voice) |
| Writing | Kihachi Okamoto | Writer |
| Directing | Kihachi Okamoto | Director |
| Camera | Daisaku Kimura | Director of Photography |
| Art | Hiroshi Ueda | Art Direction |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Music |
| Production | Yusuke Okada | Producer |
| Production | Shosuke Taga | Producer |
| Sound | Shin Watarai | Sound |
| Lighting | Toshio Takashima | Lighting Manager |
| Editing | Yoshitami Kuroiwa | Editor |
| Directing | Kensho Yamashita | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Kanzō Uni | Fight Choreographer |