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The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence

5.2 102 mins Action   Drama   History   1960
Toei Company  
Director(s): Yasushi Sasaki

The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with an all-star cast based on the original story by Shirai Kyoji. The battles between the royalists and Shogunate supporters come to a fever pitch during the Gion Festival as the exclusionists plot to burn Kyoto and kidnap the Emperor. From its earliest beginnings as a group of ronin brought from Edo to protect the Shogun when he is in Kyoto to see His Imperial Highness, the group had to face difficulties both from within and without. Commander Serizawa Kamo's corrupt practices threaten the group's very existence, as they try to recover from the bad reputation he left them with. Their redemption comes when they learn of Katsura Kogoro plans to gather men at Kyoto's Ikedaya Inn for his attack on the city. Along with Hijikata Toshizo and Okita Soji, Kondo leads the group in an attempt to save Japan from the rebels.

Casts of The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence

Chiezō Kataoka

as Kondo Isami

Hashizo Okawa

as Tajima Orinosuke

Kōtarō Satomi

as Aizu Clan Lord

Sentarō Fushimi

as Nagakura Shinpachi

Ryūji Shinagawa

as Harada Sanosuke

Kōtarō Bandō

as Abe Mondonosho

Isao Yamagata

as Serizawa Kamo

Yataro Kurokawa

as Hijikata Toshizo

Tomisaburō Wakayama

as Okita Soji

Keiko Okawa

as Ikumatsu

Hiromi Hanazono

as Okayo

Chie Ueki

as Chiegiku

Shinobu Chihara

as Oume

Kogiku Hanayagi

as Ocho

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

as Arakida Samanosuke

Kōkichi Takada

as Katsura Kogoro

Ryutaro Otomo

as Kurahara Shinbei

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