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Shinsengumi Chronicles

"I Want to Die A Samurai"

1963-01-03
6.5
ja 93m
ActionThrillerWar
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.

Screenplay

Seiji Hoshikawa

Editor

Shohei Miyauchi

Editor

Kanji Suganuma

Novel

Kan Shimozawa

Original Music Composer

Ichirō Saitō

Director

Kenji Misumi

samurai corruption based on novel or book idealism disillusionment political unrest jidaigeki shinsengumi 19th century social unrest 1860s bakumatsu violence

Status

Released

Countries

  • Japan

Companies

  • Daiei Film