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