The Great White Tiger Platoon (1954)
1h 31m
Running Time
August 25, 1954Release Date
The Great White Tiger Platoon (1954)
1h 31m
Running Time
August 25, 1954Release Date
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Plot.
The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Meant to be a reserve unit as it was made of the young, 16-17 year old sons of Aizu samurai. Their story is one of the great tragedies of the Boshin War (1868-1869) as they were called into action. Getting cut off from the main body of their platoon, a group of 20 from the 2nd squad retreated to Iimori Hill, where they looked down upon fires surrounding Aizu Castle and thinking that the castle has fallen and all is lost, they choose to die as samurai by committing seppuku. A superb rendition of this true story that shows the true honor of the samurai.
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Cast & Crew.
Raizō Ichikawa
Junnosuke Shinohara
Takeshi Hanayagi
Senkichi Ikegami
Yataro Kurokawa
Toshiaki Kirino
Katsuhiko Tasaka
Director
Fuji Yahiro
Writer
Urato Watanabe
Composer
Yukimasa Makita
Cinematographer
Shigeo Nishida
Editor
Sachiko Mine
Yuri
Tokuzō Tanaka
Assistant Director
Seiichi Ôta
Art Direction
Iwao Ôtani
Sound Recordist
Shima Yoshizane
Costume Design
Yasuo Iwaki
Lighting Technician
Yukio Horikita
Ikkei Tamaki
Details.
Release DateAugust 25, 1954
Original Name花の白虎隊
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
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Wiki.
The Great White Tiger Platoon (花の白虎隊, Hana no Byakkotai) is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Katsuhiko Tasaka.