Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)

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122 min - Action | Adventure | Drama - 15 April 1970 (USA)

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Feudal Japan. Kamo Serizawa and Isami Kondo turn a collection of student fencers into a band of assassins known as the Shinsen Group... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Toshirô Mifune	...	Isami Kondo
	Keiju Kobayashi	...	Toshizo Hijikata
	Kin'ya Kitaôji	...	Soji Okita
	Rentarô Mikuni	...	Kamo Serizawa
	Yôko Tsukasa	...	Tsune
	Yuriko Hoshi	...	Otaka
	Kan'emon Nakamura	...	Yasubo Katsu (as Ganemon Nakamura)
	Junko Ikeuchi	...	Oyuki
	Kinnosuke Nakamura	...	Fujita Arima
	Umenosuke Nakamura	...	Keisuke Yamana
	Yumiko Nogawa	...	Oume
	Takahiro Tamura	...	Koshitaro Ito
	Katsuo Nakamura	...	Kisaburo Kawai
	Mita Kitagawa	...	Kaori
	Shinsuke Okimoto	...	Hachiro Shoga

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Feudal Japan. Kamo Serizawa and Isami Kondo turn a collection of student fencers into a band of assassins known as the Shinsen Group, devoted to the Tokugawa shogunate and to an elegant code of action and behavior. Kondo leads the band against the forces of the Emperor in hopes of preventing his restoration to the throne. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

15 April 1970 (USA) See more »

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Mifune Productions Co. Ltd., Toho Company See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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