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Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)

Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)

Action Thriller War

I Want to Die A Samurai

Release Date: 1963, January 3
Directors: Kenji Misumi
Countries: Japan
Production: Daiei Film
Cast: Jun Tazaki, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Shiho Fujimura, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Saburo Date, Toshio Chiba, Ikkei Tamaki, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Shinobu Araki, Shigeru Amachi, Fujio Suga, Akira Shiga

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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