During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.
Stars: Utaemon Ichikawa, Isuzu Yamada, Hibari Misora, Chizuru Kitagawa, Minoru Ōki, Jotaro Togami
Crew: Tadaoto Kainoshō (Researcher), Toshio Fuwa (Set Decoration), Hyōgo Suzuki (Screenplay), Kiyoshi Kataoka (Director of Photography), Shigeo Terada (Lighting Technician), Taro Takahashi (Sound Recordist)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Shochiku
Runtime: 102 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 29, 1952
IMDb: 4
Keywords:jidaigeki
