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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

122 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

05 December 1969

Country

Japan

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Isami Kondo

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Toshizo Hijikata

Kinya Kitaoji

Kinya Kitaoji

Soji Okita

Yōko Tsukasa

Yōko Tsukasa

Tsune

Yuriko Hoshi

Yuriko Hoshi

Otaka

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kan'emon Nakamura

Yasubo Katsu

Junko Ikeuchi

Junko Ikeuchi

Oyuki

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Fujita Arima

Umenosuke Nakamura

Umenosuke Nakamura

Keisuke Yamana

Yumiko Nogawa

Yumiko Nogawa

Oume

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

Koshitaro Ito

Katsuo Nakamura

Katsuo Nakamura

Kisaburo Kawai

Mita Kitagawa

Mita Kitagawa

Kaori

Shinsuke Okimoto

Shinsuke Okimoto

Hachiro Shoga

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

Moribe Tani

Ryunosuke Yamazaki

Ryunosuke Yamazaki

Sanosuke Harada

Kazuya Oguri

Kazuya Oguri

Naouemon Teshiro

Hiroshi Tanaka

Hiroshi Tanaka

Shinpachi Nagakura

Shinnosuke Ogata

Shinnosuke Ogata

Heisuke Todo

Seishirō Kuno

Seishirō Kuno

Gennosuke Inoue

Kiyoshi Taiki

Kiyoshi Taiki

Goro Hirayama

Hiroto Kimura

Hiroto Kimura

Shigesuke Hirama

Kyosuke Ugami

Kyosuke Ugami

Jo Yamazaki

Jotaro Togami

Jotaro Togami

Teizo Miyabe

Eijiro Soma

Eijiro Soma

Ninmaro Yoshida

Yoshijiro Murata

Yoshijiro Murata

Shuzo Ishikawa

Shin Tsuda

Shin Tsuda

Executive

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Kamo Serizawa

Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin

Honmeido

Ryôhei Uchida

Ryôhei Uchida

Nishiki Shinmi

Kôichi Satô

Kôichi Satô

Naoki Yamazaki

Naoki Yamazaki

Tokutaro Ikeda

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