Shinsengumi Oni Taicho [Priced-down Reissue]

[Machine Translation] [Based on Hiroshi Komozawa's masterpiece "Shinsengumi Sakashiki," director Juichi Kono depicts on a grand scale the life of Isamu Kondo, the last of the samurai who defied the current of the Meiji Restoration and fell with the Tokugawa family, and the tumultuous and turbulent fate of the Shinsengumi led by Isamu, colored with swords and tears. A period drama masterpiece. --In June of the first year of the Genji Era, on the night of the Gion Festival Yoimiya, the Shinsengumi attack Sanjo Kobashi Ikedaya. Isamu Kondo, the leader of the Shinsengumi, receives a word of thanks from the Shogun, Yoshinobu Tokugawa, for his heroism. It was the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, a time of tumultuous conflict between the Emperor and the shogunate. The Shinsengumi was at the height of its power when the Ikedaya Incident took place, and then came the turning point when Koshitaro Ito joined the Shinsengumi as its new chief of staff, based at Nishi Honganji Temple. Centering on Isamu Kondo, a hot-blooded warrior who gave up his single-minded devotion and became a martyr to the samurai code, the film vividly chronicles the battle history of the warriors who pledged their loyalty to Dandasome, including Toshizo Hijikata, Shinpachi Nagakura, and Soji Okita, who is suffering from chest trouble, along with the friendships and love that supported them. The all-star cast is led by Chiezo Kataoka as Isamu Kondo, Kinnosuke Nakamura as Soji Okita, Chiyonosuke Higashi as Yoshiyoshi Tokugawa, the shogun, and Ryunosuke Tsukigata as Koshitaro Ito. With a superb cast, this blockbuster was completed with the same fiery fighting spirit as the word "sincerity" on the Shinsengumi flag.

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["東映・ザ・定番 "シリーズ 第24弾] 子母沢寛の傑作「新選組始末記」を原作に、明治維新の時流に抗し、徳川家とともに亡びていった武士道最後の人ともいうべき近藤勇の半生と、勇率いる新選組の剣と涙に彩られた波乱激動の運命を、河野寿一監督が壮大なスケールで描ききった時代劇巨編。――元治元年六月、祇園祭宵宮の夜、新選組が三條小橋池田屋を襲撃。新選組隊長・近藤勇は、その功によって将軍・徳川慶喜より感謝の言葉を授かる。時に、勤皇佐幕の暗闘騒然たる幕末。この池田屋事件を契機とする絶頂期から、西本願寺を拠点に新参謀として伊東甲子太郎を迎えての転機、伏見鳥羽の戦に敗れて幕軍敗戦、武州流山に長恨の終焉を告げる新選組。一途の士道を譲り士道に殉じた熱血漢・近藤勇を中心に、土方歳三や永倉新八、胸を患う沖田総司ら、だんだら染に忠誠を誓った隊士たちの戦いの歴史が、彼らを支えてきた友情や恋とともに鮮やかに刻まれていく。 剣豪・近藤勇に片岡千恵蔵、沖田総司に中村錦之助、将軍・徳川慶喜に東千代之助、伊東甲子太郎に月形龍之介が扮してオールスター総出演。超豪華配役陣のもと、新選組隊旗の「誠」の文字の如く、烈々とした闘志を以って完成した超大作。

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