Movie
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Released: December 5, 1969 (1969)
Runtime: 122 minutes
Genres: Action, Drama, History
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Kan'emon Nakamura as Yasubo Katsu
Age at release: 68
- Toshirō Mifune as Isami Kondo
Age at release: 49
- Keiju Kobayashi as Toshizo Hijikata
Age at release: 46
- Umenosuke Nakamura as Keisuke Yamana
Age at release: 39
- Kinnosuke Nakamura as Fujita Arima
Age at release: 37
- Junko Ikeuchi as Oyuki
Age at release: 36
- Yōko Tsukasa as Tsune
Age at release: 35
- Kinya Kitaoji as Soji Okita
Age at release: 26
- Yuriko Hoshi as Otaka
Age at release: 25
- Yumiko Nogawa as Oume
Age at release: 25
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- Kinzō Shin as Honmeido
Age at release: 59
- Jotaro Togami as Teizo Miyabe
Age at release: 53
- Kazuya Oguri as Naouemon Teshiro
Age at release: 46
- Rentaro Mikuni as Kamo Serizawa
Age at release: 46
- Ryōhei Uchida as Nishiki Shinmi
Age at release: 45
- Takahiro Tamura as Koshitaro Ito
Age at release: 41
- Ichirō Nakatani as Moribe Tani
Age at release: 39
- Hiroshi Tanaka as Shinpachi Nagakura
Age at release: 35
- Katsuo Nakamura as Kisaburo Kawai
Age at release: 31
- Seishirō Kuno as Gennosuke Inoue
Age at release: 29
- Mita Kitagawa as Kaori
Age at release: Unknown
- Shinsuke Okimoto as Hachiro Shoga
Age at release: Unknown
- Ryunosuke Yamazaki as Sanosuke Harada
Age at release: Unknown
- Shinnosuke Ogata as Heisuke Todo
Age at release: Unknown
- Kiyoshi Taiki as Goro Hirayama
Age at release: Unknown
- Hiroto Kimura as Shigesuke Hirama
Age at release: Unknown
- Kyosuke Ugami as Jo Yamazaki
Age at release: Unknown
- Eijiro Soma as Ninmaro Yoshida
Age at release: Unknown
- Yoshijiro Murata as Shuzo Ishikawa
Age at release: Unknown
- Shin Tsuda as Executive
Age at release: Unknown