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