Restoration Fire
14/10/1961
Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse into the heart and soul of Japanese history. Although known as “Razor Blade” Hijikata, the vice-commander is a man of deep conviction with a little-known sense of humanity. Starting after the famed Ikedaya Incident, in which they saved Kyoto from Choshu’s plot to burn the city to ashes, they work hard to change the public’s view of them as merciless killers to their true mission of protecting the shogun. This is an extraordinary tale of blood and guts! From the pen of award winning author Shotaro Ikenami (Bandit Vs. Samurai, Hunter in the Dark, Misumi's The Last Samurai)
Movie Information
Chiezo Kataoka
as Hijikata Toshizo
Chikage Awashima
as Ofusa
Takashi Shimura
as Yahei
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
as Kondo Isami
Kōtarō Satomi
as Ando Kazuma
Noriko Kitazawa
as Omine
Satomi Oka
as Oshino
Haruo Tanaka
as Yasuzo
Akitake Kōno
as Heikichi
Koinosuke Onoe
as Okabe Hoyama
Jotaro Togami
as Saito Hajime
Shin Tokudaiji
as Yoshikawa Sanpei
Masuura Tsuke
as Oshima
Kenji Kusumoto
as Okita Soji
Eiji Okada
as Yamanami Keisuke
Ryuji Kita
as
Shigeru Aoki
as
Hideo Shimada
as
Ikutaro Ibuki
as
Tsukie Matsuura
as
Chizuru Kitagawa
as
Kanji Koshiba
as
Kentaro Ozato
as
Minoru Asuka
as
Kazutarō Kuni
as
Hiroshi Kato
as
Tetsunosuke Tsukigata
as
Mitsuo Asano
as
Shōtarō Hayashi
as
Ryōei Itō
as
Kinji Nakamura
as
Katsuya Ishimaru
as
Tokumaro Dan
as
Kajō Onoe
as
Kunijirō Yanagi
as
Kōtarō Hori
as
Shunji Daito
as
Eijirō Kataoka
as
Hiroshi Hatano
as
Minken Karasawa
as
Toshio Matsuda
as
Ryōji Kōzuki
as
Kinya Suzuki
as
Akira Shioji
as
Eiji Minakata
as
Junpei Arishima
as
Satoshi Akiyama
as
