Action ·Thriller ·War · Japan · 1963 · 1h 33m

Shinsengumi Chronicles

新選組始末記

Director

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa as Yamasaki Susumu Shigeru Amachi as Toshizo Hijikata Shiho Fujimura as Shima Tomisaburō Wakayama as Isami Kondo Katsuhiko Kobayashi as Sanjûrô Tani Jun'ichirō Narita as Kojûrô Kusunoki

Crew

Shozo Honda — Director of Photography Shohei Miyauchi — Editor Kanji Suganuma — Editor Ichirō Saitō — Original Music Composer Seiji Hoshikawa — Screenplay Kan Shimozawa — Novel

Tagline

I Want to Die A Samurai

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

samurai corruption based on novel or book idealism disillusionment political unrest jidaigeki shinsengumi 19th century social unrest 1860s bakumatsu

Key Collaborators

Kenji Misumi Director Shozo Honda Director of Photography Shohei Miyauchi Editor Kanji Suganuma Editor Ichirō Saitō Original Music Composer Seiji Hoshikawa Screenplay Kan Shimozawa Novel Hisakazu Tsuji Producer Yoshio Ueno Costume Design

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