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Tsukigata Hanpeita

Tsukigata Hanpeita

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 29, 1952

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

70%

Original Title

月形半平太

Production Companies

Shochiku

Director

Kokichi Uchide

Description

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.