Goryokaku

The story

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.

Cast

K Kōtarō SatomiTakeaki Enomoto I Isao NatsuyagiKondo Isami Y Yukiyo Toake T Tetsuya WatariToshizo Hijikata Y Yuko Asano H Hisaya Morishige M Masahiko TsugawaKatsu Kaishu H Hiroshi Tachi T Tomokazu Miura H Hironobu Nomura T Takayuki Sakazume M Morio Kazama

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M Masatoshi Nakamura T Takahiro Tamura H Hiroshi Fujioka G Go Wakabayashi T Tetsuo Ishidate K Kaori Takahashi T Takehiro Murata E Eiichiro Funakoshi R Raita Ryu H Hideo Takamatsu Y Yoshie Minami M Mieko Yuki T Teruhiko Saigō Y Yuki Matsumura T Taisaku Akino E Eitarō Matsuyama S Shōji Ishibashi T Tappei Shimokawa M Miyoko Akaza C Claude Ciari M Masumi Okada T Teruhiko Aoi T Takayuki Godai S Shogen Nitta H Hirotaro Honda Y Yoshiko Kuga M Masakazu Arai Y Yoshiro Ichikawa T Takashi Inoue H Hirokazu Inoue G Gō Ibuki S Shinichi Uchida S Seiji Endō R Ryuji Katagiri K Kuniomi Kitani H Hiroyuki Kinoshita K Kozo Kotani S Shunji Sasaki J Jinya Sato T Takaya Shimoyama J Jiro Shirai M Masaaki Daimon K Kenji Takaoka