Goryokaku (1988)
4h 50m
Running Time
December 30, 1988Release Date
Plot.
After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.
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Cast & Crew.

Kotaro Satomi
Takeaki Enomoto

Isao Natsuyagi
Kondo Isami

Yukiyo Toake

Tetsuya Watari
Toshizo Hijikata

Yuko Asano

Hisaya Morishige

Masahiko Tsugawa
Katsu Kaishu

Hiroshi Tachi

Tomokazu Miura

Hironobu Nomura

Takayuki Sakazume

Gihō Sugiyama
Screenplay

Eiji Kawamura
Music

Katsumi Kawai
Editor

Keiichi Sakurai
Cinematography

Kōsei Saitō
Director

Hiroyuki Kinoshita

Kozo Kotani

Shunji Sasaki

Jinya Sato

Takaya Shimoyama

Jiro Shirai

Shōji Ishibashi

Hideo Takamatsu

Yoshie Minami

Mieko Yuki

Eitarō Matsuyama

Taisaku Akino

Morio Kazama

Masatoshi Nakamura

Takahiro Tamura

Teruhiko Saigō

Yuki Matsumura

Hiroshi Fujioka

Go Wakabayashi

Tappei Shimokawa

Miyoko Akaza

Claude Ciari

Masumi Okada

Hirotaro Honda

Yoshiko Kuga

Masakazu Arai

Yoshiro Ichikawa

Takashi Inoue

Hirokazu Inoue

Gō Ibuki

Shinichi Uchida

Seiji Endō
Media.

Details.
Release DateDecember 30, 1988
Original Name五稜郭
StatusReleased
Running Time4h 50m
Genres
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