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Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo - Miniseries

A live-action adaptation that translates this deep legacy to the screen. Set in Kyoto at the end of the Edo period, the story depicts the intense and passionate lives of the Shinsengumi - the iconic samurai force that defended Kyoto in the final years of Japan's shogunate - through spectacular action and a bold interpretation based on historical facts. The story follows street brawler Toshizo Hijikata (Yuki Yamada), who finds a new kind of family in Isami Kondo and Soji Okita. Hijikata and his comrades in the Shinsengumi forge a bond of loyalty - tested by betrayal, illness, and war - as they fight not only their enemies but their own ideals.

Top Cast

  • Yuki Yamada

    Yuki Yamada

    Toshizo Hijikata

  • Nobuyuki Suzuki

    Nobuyuki Suzuki

    Isamu Kondo

  • Aoi Nakamura

    Aoi Nakamura

    Keisuke Yamanami

  • Kanata Hosoda

    Kanata Hosoda

    Souji Okita

  • Shuhei Uesugi

    Shuhei Uesugi

    Shinpachi Nagakura

  • Kisetsu Fujiwara

    Kisetsu Fujiwara

    Hajime Saitou

  • Yosuke Sugino

    Yosuke Sugino

    Eisaburou Abiru

  • Shuntaro Yanagi

    Shuntaro Yanagi

    Sanosuke Harada

  • Shuto Miyazaki

    Shuto Miyazaki

    Heisuke Toudou

Overview

A live-action adaptation that translates this deep legacy to the screen. Set in Kyoto at the end of the Edo period, the story depicts the intense and passionate lives of the Shinsengumi - the iconic samurai force that defended Kyoto in the final years of Japan's shogunate - through spectacular action and a bold interpretation based on historical facts. The story follows street brawler Toshizo Hijikata (Yuki Yamada), who finds a new kind of family in Isami Kondo and Soji Okita. Hijikata and his comrades in the Shinsengumi forge a bond of loyalty - tested by betrayal, illness, and war - as they fight not only their enemies but their own ideals.

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