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Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1963 · 93 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Kenji Misumi
- Starring
- Jun Tazaki, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Shiho Fujimura, Reiko Fujiwara, Saburo Date, Fujio Suga
As Japan confronts the turmoil of the late Edo period, an earnest young man enlists in the famed Shinsengumi, inspired by its charismatic leader and driven by a desire to live—and die—as a true samurai. Yet as he becomes deeper entrenched, the brutal realities of power clash with his idealized code, pushing him toward a deadly confrontation between duty and disillusionment.
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