Directed by : Nagisa OSHIMA
Country : JAPAN Length : 100 minutes
Kyoto - spring 1865
In the Nishi-Honganji temple, the militia of Shinsengumi is selecting new recruits in presence of the commander Isami Kondo and the captain Toshizo Hijikata. The candidates have to take on the best warrior of the militia, Soji Okita.
On this day, two men stand out from the rest and join the militia: Hyozo Tashiro, a lower-ranking samurai from the Kurume clan, and Sozaburo Kano, a young man whose bewitching beauty attracts many an eye. Tashiro is immediately smitten with Kano.
Nagisa OSHIMA
Nagisa OSHIMA - Director
Nagisa OSHIMA - Script / Dialogue
Toyomichi KURITA - Cinematography
Ryuichi SAKAMOTO - Music
Tomoyo OSHIMA - Film Editor
Yoshinobu NISHIOKA - Set decorator
Takeshi KITANO - Toshizo HIJIKATA
Shinji TAKEDA - Soji OKITA
Ryuhei MATSUDA - Sozaburo KANO
ASANO Tadanobu - Hyozo TASHIRO
Yoichi SAI - Isami KONDO
Film poster © DR
