MOVIE • 1963

Shinsengumi Chronicles

I Want to Die A Samurai

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.

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Top Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

Yamasaki Susumu

Shigeru Amachi

Toshizo Hijikata

Shiho Fujimura

Shima

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Isami Kondo

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Sanjûrô Tani

Jun'ichirō Narita

Kojûrô Kusunoki

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Kinshiro Matsumoto

Sôshi Okita

Jun Tazaki

Kamo Serizawa

Mieko Kondō

Miyuki

Reiko Fujiwara

Oume

Ryūzō Shimada

Shuntarô Furutaka

Matasaburô Niwa

Kyûzô Okamoto

Yutaka Nakamura

Matsusuke Sugiyama

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Yotaro Yajima

Matasaburô Saeki

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Theatrical release date: January 3, 1963

Meta Snapshot

Film

Status

Released

Release

January 3, 1963

Runtime

93 min

Language

Japanese

Origin

Japan

Budget

N/A

Revenue

N/A

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