Goryokaku

Goryokaku

1988 ja 290 minutes

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Plot

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.

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Cast

Kōtarō Satomi

Kōtarō Satomi

Takeaki Enomoto

Isao Natsuyagi

Isao Natsuyagi

Kondo Isami

Yukiyo Toake

Yukiyo Toake

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

Toshizo Hijikata

Yuko Asano

Yuko Asano

Hisaya Morishige

Hisaya Morishige

Masahiko Tsugawa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Katsu Kaishu

Hiroshi Tachi

Hiroshi Tachi

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Hironobu Nomura

Hironobu Nomura

Takayuki Sakazume

Takayuki Sakazume

Morio Kazama

Morio Kazama

Masatoshi Nakamura

Masatoshi Nakamura

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

Hiroshi Fujioka

Hiroshi Fujioka

Go Wakabayashi

Go Wakabayashi

Tetsuo Ishidate

Tetsuo Ishidate

Kaori Takahashi

Kaori Takahashi

Takehiro Murata

Takehiro Murata

Eiichiro Funakoshi

Eiichiro Funakoshi

Raita Ryu

Raita Ryu

Hideo Takamatsu

Hideo Takamatsu

Yoshie Minami

Yoshie Minami

Mieko Yuki

Mieko Yuki

Teruhiko Saigō

Teruhiko Saigō

Yuki Matsumura

Yuki Matsumura

Taisaku Akino

Taisaku Akino

Eitarō Matsuyama

Eitarō Matsuyama

Shōji Ishibashi

Shōji Ishibashi

Tappei Shimokawa

Tappei Shimokawa

Miyoko Akaza

Miyoko Akaza

Claude Ciari

Claude Ciari

Masumi Okada

Masumi Okada

Teruhiko Aoi

Teruhiko Aoi

Takayuki Godai

Takayuki Godai

Shogen Nitta

Shogen Nitta

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga

Masakazu Arai

Masakazu Arai

Yoshiro Ichikawa

Yoshiro Ichikawa

Takashi Inoue

Takashi Inoue

Hirokazu Inoue

Hirokazu Inoue

Gō Ibuki

Gō Ibuki

Shinichi Uchida

Shinichi Uchida

Seiji Endō

Seiji Endō

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Kuniomi Kitani

Kuniomi Kitani

Hiroyuki Kinoshita

Hiroyuki Kinoshita

Kozo Kotani

Kozo Kotani

Shunji Sasaki

Shunji Sasaki

Jinya Sato

Jinya Sato

Takaya Shimoyama

Takaya Shimoyama

Jiro Shirai

Jiro Shirai

Masaaki Daimon

Masaaki Daimon

Kenji Takaoka

Kenji Takaoka

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