Fall of the Shogun's Militia (1954)
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.
Director:
Toshikazu Kono
Writers:
Hajime Takaiwa, Shinji Kessoku.
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Chiezo Kataoka as Kondo Isami |
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Kinnosuke Nakamura as Okita Soji |
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Chizuru Kitagawa as |
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Yuriko Tashiro as Aguri |
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Shinobu Chihara as |
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Chiyonosuke Azuma as Tokugawa Yoshinobu |
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Kensaku Hara as Hijikata Toshizo |
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Kazuo Ishii as |
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Kodayu Ichikawa as Mizuno Izumi-no-kami |
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Kyoji Sugi as Ryusai |
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Kunio Kaga as Yamanami Keisuke |
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Sugisaku Aoyama as Sato Hikogoro |
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Masao Mishima as Enomoto Takeaki |
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Yasushi Nagata as Katsu Awa-no-kami |
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Koreya Senda as Goto Shojiro |
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Kenji Susukida as Oguri Kozukenosuke |
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Mitsuko Mito as Oren |
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Yūji Hori as Todo Heisuke |
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Ito Kashitaro |
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Eijirō Kataoka as |
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Sōji Kiyokawa as |
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Kanji Koshiba as |
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Eriko Yoshida as |
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Yoshiko Yashioji as |
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Isamu Yamaguchi as |
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Yuji Kamishiro as |
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Gorō Kawabe as |
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Tokumaro Dan as |
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Ryūtarō Aoyagi as |
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Yoshi Katō as |
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Isao Yamagata as |
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Yoshio Yoshida as |
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Tomo'o Nagai as |
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Osamu Koganei as |
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Shusuke Daimonji as |
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Kinnosuke Fujiki as |
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Harue Akagi as |
| Production | Hiroshi Okawa | Producer |
| Writing | Hajime Takaiwa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shinji Kessoku | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kan Shimozawa | Original Story |
| Directing | Toshikazu Kono | Director |
| Lighting | Kenji Tanaka | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Takatoshi Suzuki | Art Direction |
| Sound | Kenjirō Tōjō | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Shiro Fukai | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Shigeto Miki | Director of Photography |