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Shinsengumi Chronicles

I Want to Die A Samurai

6.5

1h 33m

1963

“I Want to Die A Samurai”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Kenji Misumi

ActionThrillerWar

samuraicorruptionbased on novel or bookidealismdisillusionmentpolitical unrestjidaigekishinsengumi19th centurysocial unrest1860sbakumatsu

Cast & Crew

Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

as Toshizo Hijikata

Shiho Fujimura

Shiho Fujimura

as Shima

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

as Isami Kondo

Raizō Ichikawa

Raizō Ichikawa

as Yamasaki Susumu

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

as Sanjûrô Tani

Jun'ichirō Narita

Jun'ichirō Narita

as Kojûrô Kusunoki

Kinshiro Matsumoto

as Sôshi Okita

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

as Kamo Serizawa

Mieko Kondō

Mieko Kondō

as Miyuki

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