The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi

Nan
1h 34m
1958

Overview

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.

Country : Japan
Genre : Action
Languages : 日本語
Released Date: 1958-07-13

Top Billed Cast

Chiezō Kataoka

Kondo Isami

Shinobu Chihara

Umematsu

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Oharu

Junko Takashima

Hinagiku

Yumiko Hasegawa

Komano

Isao Yamagata

Hijikata Toshizo

Kodayu Ichikawa

Kensaku Hara

Yamazaki Susumu

Kunio Kaga

Yoshida Toshimaro

Eijirō Kataoka

Okita Soji

Kichijirō Ueda

Shin Tokudaiji

Todo Heisuke

Akitake Kōno

Furutaka Shuntaro

Shunji Sakai

Eijirō Yanagi

Fukubara Echigo

Kōtarō Satomi

Aizu no Kotetsu

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