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Tsukigata Hanpeita (1952)

Tsukigata Hanpeita (1952)

Drama History
Release Date: 1952, May 29
Directors: Kokichi Uchide
Countries: Japan
Production: Shochiku
Cast: Isuzu Yamada, Utaemon Ichikawa, Yoshito Yamaji, Hibari Misora, Minoru Ōki, Mitsuo Nagata, Jotaro Togami, Yatarō Kitagami, Daijiro Natsukawa, Chizuru Kitagawa

Overview:

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.

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