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Shinsengumi Chronicles
Shinsengumi Chronicles

Shinsengumi Chronicles

I Want to Die A Samurai

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ActionThrillerWar

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As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

03 January 1963

Country

Japan

Cast

Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

Toshizo Hijikata

Shiho Fujimura

Shiho Fujimura

Shima

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Isami Kondo

Raizō Ichikawa

Raizō Ichikawa

Yamasaki Susumu

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Sanjûrô Tani

Jun'ichirō Narita

Jun'ichirō Narita

Kojûrô Kusunoki

Kinshiro Matsumoto

Kinshiro Matsumoto

Sôshi Okita

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Kamo Serizawa

Mieko Kondō

Mieko Kondō

Miyuki

Reiko Fujiwara

Reiko Fujiwara

Oume

Ryūzō Shimada

Ryūzō Shimada

Shuntarô Furutaka

Matasaburô Niwa

Matasaburô Niwa

Kyûzô Okamoto

Yutaka Nakamura

Yutaka Nakamura

Matsusuke Sugiyama

Yotaro Yajima

Yotaro Yajima

Matasaburô Saeki

Kunikazu Takami

Kunikazu Takami

Hikohei Ôtsu

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Teizô Miyabe

Ikuko Mōri

Ikuko Mōri

Koei Kikyôya

Toshio Chiba

Toshio Chiba

Gorô Hirayama

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Keisuke Yamanami

Hiroshi Dômoto

Hiroshi Dômoto

Sanosuke Harada

Yūsaku Terashima

Yūsaku Terashima

Sôbei Ikedaya

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Nishiki Niimi

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Tomijirô Hirosawa

Shinobu Araki

Shinobu Araki

Dôjun Masaki

Kōichi Mizuhara

Kōichi Mizuhara

Minomaro Yoshiu

Yoichi Funaki

Yoichi Funaki

Kichimaro Kitazoe

San'emon Arashi

San'emon Arashi

Shintarō Nanjō

Shintarō Nanjō

Shôjirô Uchida

Seishiro Hara

Seishiro Hara

Sumao Ishihara

Sumao Ishihara

Ikkei Tamaki

Ikkei Tamaki

Tokuemon Kadoya

Yukio Horikita

Yukio Horikita

Yûshi Hamada

Yûshi Hamada

Heihachi Mori

Tokio Oki

Tokio Oki

Tadashi Iwata

Tadashi Iwata

Gen Kimura

Gen Kimura

Shimpachi Nagakura

Akira Shiga

Akira Shiga

Chûji Matsubara

Hajime Koshikawa

Hajime Koshikawa

Kazuo Ōbayashi

Kazuo Ōbayashi

Tomohiko Saeki

Takeshi Yabuuchi

Takeshi Yabuuchi

Kuwajirô Ôishi

Akira Konami

Akira Konami

Taizô Sengoku

Taizô Sengoku

Heisuke Fujidô

Noboru Taniguchi

Noboru Taniguchi

Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Chizuko Takamori

Chizuko Takamori

Tomiko Mitsuboshi

Tomiko Mitsuboshi

Midori Komatsu

Midori Komatsu

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