After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.
里見浩太朗
as Takeaki Enomoto
夏八木勲
as Kondo Isami
十朱幸代
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渡哲也
as Toshizo Hijikata
浅野ゆう子
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森繁久彌
as
津川雅彦
as Katsu Kaishu
舘ひろし
as
三浦友和
as
野村宏伸
as
坂詰貴之
as
風間 杜夫
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