Plot
Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse into the heart and soul of Japanese history. Although known as “Razor Blade” Hijikata, the vice-commander is a man of deep conviction with a little-known sense of humanity. Starting after the famed Ikedaya Incident, in which they saved Kyoto from Choshu’s plot to burn the city to ashes, they work hard to change the public’s view of them as merciless killers to their true mission of protecting the shogun. This is an extraordinary tale of blood and guts! From the pen of award winning author Shotaro Ikenami (Bandit Vs. Samurai, Hunter in the Dark, Misumi's The Last Samurai)
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Cast
Chiezō Kataoka
Hijikata Toshizo
Chikage Awashima
Ofusa
Takashi Shimura
Yahei
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Kondo Isami
Kōtarō Satomi
Ando Kazuma
Noriko Kitazawa
Omine
Satomi Oka
Oshino
Haruo Tanaka
Yasuzo
Akitake Kōno
Heikichi
Koinosuke Onoe
Okabe Hoyama
Jotaro Togami
Saito Hajime
Shin Tokudaiji
Yoshikawa Sanpei
Masuura Tsuke
Oshima
Kenji Kusumoto
Okita Soji
Eiji Okada
Yamanami Keisuke
Ryuji Kita
Shigeru Aoki
Hideo Shimada
Ikutaro Ibuki
Tsukie Matsuura
Chizuru Kitagawa
Kanji Koshiba
Kentaro Ozato
Minoru Asuka
Kazutarō Kuni
Hiroshi Kato
Tetsunosuke Tsukigata
Mitsuo Asano
Shōtarō Hayashi
Ryōei Itō
Kinji Nakamura
Katsuya Ishimaru
Tokumaro Dan
Kajō Onoe
Kunijirō Yanagi
Kōtarō Hori
Shunji Daito
Eijirō Kataoka
Hiroshi Hatano
Minken Karasawa
Toshio Matsuda
Ryōji Kōzuki
Kin'ya Suzuki
Akira Shioji
Eiji Minakata
Junpei Arishima
Satoshi Akiyama
