Hana no Byakkotai

[Machine Translation] [KADOKAWA CINEMA COLLECTION March 2018: Raizo Ichikawa's special feature] A youthful period drama depicting the tragic love and heroic end of sixteen Byakkotai warriors who risked their young lives and scattered! The memorable film debut of Raizo Ichikawa at the age of 22! --The year is the first year of Meiji. The storm of the Meiji Restoration swept over the Tohoku clans. The Aizu clan, as the leader of the Tokugawa parent clan, was about to become a martyr to the former Tokugawa Shogunate. As the new government forces approached the border of Aizu, the members of the Byakkotai, who were studying at the Nisshinkan, the domain school for the future of Aizu, abandoned their studies and stood up to protect their beautiful land and their countrymen. The Byakkotai, who were studying at the Nisshinkan, a school of the Aizu domain, were determined to take charge of the future of Aizu, but they abandoned their studies and stood up to protect their beautiful land and their fellow countrymen.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: staff & cast bios, photo gallery

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[角川シネマコレクション2018年 3月度: 市川雷蔵特集] 若き命を賭して散った白虎隊隊士十六人の悲恋と壮烈な最期をつづった青春時代劇! 市川雷蔵二十二歳の記念すべき映画デビュー作! ――時は明治元年。維新の嵐は東北諸藩にも押し寄せた。徳川親藩筆頭として会津藩は旧徳川幕府に殉ぜんとしていた。 新政府軍が会津国境に迫った頃、会津の未来を担うべく藩校・日新館で学ぶ白虎隊の面々は、学業を放棄して、美しき国土と同胞を守るために立ち上がった。 近代化された新政府軍の猛攻の前に、白虎隊は獅子奮迅の活躍をするが、やがて飯盛山へと追い詰められる・・・。

特典: スタッフ・キャスト紹介、フォトギャラリー