Goryokaku
五稜郭
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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Yoshiko Kuga
Isao Natsuyagi
as Kondo Isami
Tetsuya Watari
as Toshizo Hijikata
Hironobu Nomura
Hiroshi Fujioka
Hirokazu Inoue
Masatoshi Nakamura
Kaori Takahashi
Takehiro Murata
Tappei Shimokawa
Kuniomi Kitani
Masaaki Daimon
Tomokazu Miura
Tetsuo Ishidate
Mieko Yuki
Taisaku Akino
Claude Ciari
Takayuki Godai
Takashi Inoue
Takayuki Sakazume
Yuki Matsumura
Takaya Shimoyama
Yukiyo Toake
Masahiko Tsugawa
as Katsu Kaishu
Raita Ryu
Masumi Okada
Hirotaro Honda
Ryuji Katagiri
Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Shunji Sasaki
Yuko Asano
Hiroshi Tachi
Morio Kazama
Eiichiro Funakoshi
Teruhiko Saigō
Gō Ibuki
Jinya Sato
Jiro Shirai
Kōtarō Satomi
as Takeaki Enomoto
Teruhiko Aoi
Hisaya Morishige
Takahiro Tamura
Go Wakabayashi
Hideo Takamatsu
Yoshie Minami
Miyoko Akaza
