

122 minutes
12/5/1969
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.

Toshirō Mifune
as Isami Kondo

Keiju Kobayashi
as Toshizo Hijikata

Kinya Kitaoji
as Soji Okita

Yōko Tsukasa
as Tsune

Yuriko Hoshi
as Otaka

Kan'emon Nakamura
as Yasubo Katsu

Junko Ikeuchi
as Oyuki

Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Fujita Arima

Umenosuke Nakamura
as Keisuke Yamana

Yumiko Nogawa
as Oume

Takahiro Tamura
as Koshitaro Ito

Katsuo Nakamura
as Kisaburo Kawai
Mita Kitagawa
as Kaori
Shinsuke Okimoto
as Hachiro Shoga

Ichirō Nakatani
as Moribe Tani
Ryunosuke Yamazaki
as Sanosuke Harada
Kazuya Oguri
as Naouemon Teshiro

Hiroshi Tanaka
as Shinpachi Nagakura
Shinnosuke Ogata
as Heisuke Todo
Seishirō Kuno
as Gennosuke Inoue
Kiyoshi Taiki
as Goro Hirayama
Hiroto Kimura
as Shigesuke Hirama
Kyosuke Ugami
as Jo Yamazaki

Jotaro Togami
as Teizo Miyabe
Eijiro Soma
as Ninmaro Yoshida
Yoshijiro Murata
as Shuzo Ishikawa
Shin Tsuda
as Executive

Rentaro Mikuni
as Kamo Serizawa

Kinzō Shin
as Honmeido

Ryōhei Uchida
as Nishiki Shinmi
Kôichi Satô
Naoki Yamazaki
as Tokutaro Ikeda