Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
2021 Japanese film
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Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (燃えよ剣, Moeyo Ken) is a 2021 Japanese historical film directed by Masato Harada.[1][2] The film was initially scheduled for release in May 2020, but was postponed to October 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
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| Japanese name | |
| Kanji | 燃えよ剣 |
| Directed by | Masato Harada |
| Screenplay by | Masato Harada |
| Based on | Moeyo Ken by Ryōtarō Shiba |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Takahide Shibanushi |
| Edited by | Eugene Harada |
| Music by | Reiko Tsuchiya |
| Distributed by | Toho, Asmik Ace |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
Hijikata Toshizō fulfilled his dream of becoming a samurai. As the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi, he works to maintain security in Kyoto. However, finally Japan entered into a Civil War.
Cast
- Main
- Junichi Okada as Hijikata Toshizō
- Ko Shibasaki as Oyuki
- Ryohei Suzuki as Kondō Isami
- Ryosuke Yamada as Okita Sōji
- Hideaki Itō as Serizawa Kamo
- Others
- Onoe Ukon II as Matsudaira Katamori
- Yūki Yamada as Tokugawa Yoshinobu
- Taka Takao as Inoue Genzaburō
- Bandō Minosuke II as Emperor Kōmei
- Junpei Yasui as Yamanami Keisuke
- Ayumi Tanida as Nagakura Shinpachi
- Satoshi Kaneda as Tōdō Heisuke
- Kouhei Matsushita as Saitō Hajime
- Daisuke Muramoto as Yamazaki Susumu
- Kengo Yoshida as Harada Sanosuke
- Nijirō Murakami as Okada Izō
- Junko Abe as Itosato
- Jonas Bloquet as Jules Brunet
- Yasumasa Ōba as Shichiri Kennosuke (fictional character)
- Maki Sakai as Satō Nobu
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Satō Hikogorō
- Yoshi Sakō as Toshima Kihei
- Yōhei Matsukado as Niimi Nishiki
- Yoshihisa Ishida as Kusaka Genzui
- Yasushi Fuchikami as Katsura Kogorō
- Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Nakajima Nobori
- Magy as Ōsawa Ippei
- Masaki Miura as Miyabe Teizō
- Mitsuo Yoshihara as Itō Kashitarō
- Shintaro Morimoto as Ichimura Tetsunosuke
- Masahiro Takashima as Kiyokawa Hachirō
- Akira Emoto as Marujū Tenshu (fictional character)
- Masachika Ichimura as Honda Kakuan
