
Tsukigata Hanpeita
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.
Top Billed Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa
Tsukigata Hanpeita

Isuzu Yamada
Somehachi

Hibari Misora
Hinagiku

Chizuru Kitagawa
Umematsu

Minoru Ōki
Katsura Kogoro
Featured Crew
Tadaoto Kainoshō
Researcher
Toshio Fuwa
Set Decoration
Hyōgo Suzuki
Screenplay
Kiyoshi Kataoka
Director of Photography
Shigeo Terada
Lighting Technician
Taro Takahashi
Sound Recordist
Mitsuzō Miyata
Editor
Tadashi Manjome
Original Music Composer
Hiroshi Yoshizawa
Original Music Composer
Tetsuo Ichikawa
Executive Producer
Kōichirō Ogura
Executive Producer
Haruhide Kuwano
Art Direction