Shinsengumi Chronicles

I Want to Die A Samurai

03 Jan 1963

Japan

93 mins

6.5

11 votes

Action
Thriller
War

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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.

天知茂
as Toshizo Hijikata
藤村志保
as Shima
若山富三郎
as Isami Kondo
八代目市川雷蔵
as Yamasaki Susumu
小林勝彦
as Sanjûrô Tani
成田純一郎
as Kojûrô Kusunoki
Kinshiro Matsumoto
as Sôshi Okita
田崎潤
as Kamo Serizawa
近藤美恵子
as Miyuki
藤原礼子
as Oume
島田竜三
as Shuntarô Furutaka
丹羽又三郎
as Kyûzô Okamoto