Fall of the Shogun's Militia (1954)
Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who devoted his life to protecting the shogun and fighting on the side of the Tokugawa. This tells the story of the Shinsengumi starting at the moment of their greatest triumph through the final battles as the Tokugawa shogunate was brought down.
Released: Nov 22, 1954
Runtime: 114 minutes
Genre: History
Stars: Chiezō Kataoka, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Chizuru Kitagawa, Yuriko Tashiro, Shinobu Chihara, Chiyonosuke Azuma
Crew: Shinji Kessoku (Screenplay), Hajime Takaiwa (Screenplay), Kan Shimozawa (Original Story), Toshikazu Kono (Director), Minoru Miki (Director of Photography), Shiro Fukai (Original Music Composer)