The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi (1958)
The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to overthrow the shogun is set in motion and Kondo Isami and his fellow samurai must answer the call and expose those behind it.
Director:
Yasushi Sasaki
Writer:
Hajime Takaiwa
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Chiezo Kataoka as Kondo Isami |
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Shinobu Chihara as Umematsu |
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Hiroko Sakuramachi as Oharu |
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Junko Takashima as Hinagiku |
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Yumiko Hasegawa as Komano |
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Isao Yamagata as Hijikata Toshizo |
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Kodayu Ichikawa as |
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Kensaku Hara as Yamazaki Susumu |
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Kunio Kaga as Yoshida Toshimaro |
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Eijirō Kataoka as Okita Soji |
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Kichijirō Ueda as |
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Shin Tokudaiji as Todo Heisuke |
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Akitake Kōno as Furutaka Shuntaro |
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Shunji Sakai as |
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Eijirō Yanagi as Fukubara Echigo |
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Kōtarō Satomi as Aizu no Kotetsu |
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as |
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Chiyonosuke Azuma as Kurama Tengu |
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Ryutaro Otomo as Tsukigata Hanpeita |
| Directing | Yasushi Sasaki | Director |
| Writing | Hajime Takaiwa | Screenplay |
| Camera | Shigeto Miki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tadashi Manjome | Original Music Composer |
