As promised here's part 1 of the Shinsengumi filmography as posted by
Michael on the NinjaDojo message board---
Its been a 135 years this month (June)since TOSHIZIO HIJIKATA led a
fateful cavalry charge into the SATSUMA rifle corps ,and this year "THE
SHINSENGUMI "were finaly pardoned for their crimes (????)and featured in
several KYOTO pagents well heres the film listing
(1)SHINSENGUMI (1928-SHOCKIKU-Silent 28 mins)
(2)KOBO SHINSENGUMI (1930 NIKKATSU starring OKOCHI DENJIRO )
(3) SHINSENGUMI (1938-SCHOCHIKU)
(4)OKITA SOJI (1940-NIKKATSU) (5)DAIBOSATSU TOGE PT1 (1953)
(5)KONDO ISAMI IKEDAYA SONDO TOMIYASU IKEDAYA (1953-DAEI)
(6)THE INTREPID CAPTAIN OF THE SHINSENGUMI (1954 -DAEI Directed by KOUNO
JIUCHI starring CHIEZO KATAOKA )
(7)MOYOKEN (BURNING SWORD )(1955-DAEI ,Directed BY KENJI MISUMI )
( ( DAIBOSATSU TOGE PT 1 (1957)
(9) SHINSENGUMI NTV TV SERIES (195
(10)BAKAMATSU BISHONEN AIZU NO KESHITAI (TOEI )(More SHINSENGUMI related
its actualy about THE AIZU SUICIDE CORPS and THE WHITE TIGERS ,HIJIKATA
is included )
(11)DAIBOSATSU TOGE (DAEI -1960 ,AKA SATANS SWORD w/ RAIZO )
(12)SHORETSU SHINSENGUMI BAKAMATSU NO DORAN AKA WILD SHINSENGUMI REVOLT
AT THE END OF THE FEUDAL AGE (1960)
(13)SHINSENGUMI SHIMATSUKI AKA SHINSENGUMI CHRONICLES (DAEI 1963-KENJI
MISUMI'S adaption of the novel by KAN SHIMOZAWA (ZATOICHI)TOMISABURO
WAKAYAMA plays the most historicaly accurate portrayal of KONDO one of
the best SHINSENGUMI films
(14)BAKAMATSU ZANKOKU MONOGATARI AKA CRUEL STORY AT THE END OF THE
TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE (TOEI-1963 )dubbed the "full metal jacket of samurai
films" director TAI KATO pulls no puches in this harsh depiction of the
SHINSENGUMI code
(15)SHINSENGUMI CHIFU ROKU KONDO AKA THE BLOODY RECORD OF THE
SHINSENGUMI (1963)
(16)ANSATSU AKA ASSASSINATION (SCHOCHIKU-1964) SHINODA"s Chronicle of
ROSHIGUMI leader HACHIRO KIOKAWA
(17)SHINSENGUMI KEPPUROKU AKA SHINSENGUMI SHOGUNS DEFENSE (TV ASAI 26
EPISODES -1965/66)
(1 MOYOKEN AKA BURNING SWORD (1966 -Directed by HIROKAZU ICHIMURA
starring TSUGI RYOTARO and UCHIDA RYUHEI adapted from a novel by RYOTARO
SHIBA
(19) DAIBOSTASU TOGE AKA SWORD OF DOOM (TOH0 1966 directed by OKOMOTO
KIHACHI )
(20 )MOYOKEN AKA BURNING SWORD (NT TV SERIES 1966/7)
(21)RYOMA GA YAKU AKA RYOMA FOREVER (NHK TAIGA DRAMA 1968 "last taiga in
black and white "SHINSENGUMI guest in some episodes )
(22)NIHON KENJAKU DEN DAI WUKA OKITA SOJI AKA JAPANESE MASTER SWORDSMAN
CHRONICLES 'OKITA SOJI (NET TV MOVIE )
(23)SHINSENGUMI AKA BAND OF ASSASSINS (TOHO-1969 TOSHIRO MIFUNE (who
also produced)and KINJA KITOJI star in an adaption of RYOTARO SHIBA'S
novel SHINSENGUMI BAKAMATSU KEPPUROKU )
(24)SHINSENGUMI (1973 -FUJI TV SERIES 11 EPISODES )
ok more will follow tommorow.
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Barbara Sheridan
http://www.barbarasheridan.net
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