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Band of Assassins

Japan Release: 1969
Running Time: 122 minutes

Band of Assassins


Japanese Title

 新撰組
[Shinsengumi]

Distributor: Production:

Toho
Mifune Productions

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Titles
International Title

Band of Assassins

 Initial US Title

Band of Assassins
US Distributor: Toho (1970) / Time: 121 Minutes
Alternate Titles

Shinsen Group
[Literal translation]

 

Staff

Cast
Directed by Tadashi Sawashima
Writing credits Kenro Matsuura
Produced by Toshiro Mifune, Hiroshi Inagaki, Yoshio Nishikawa
Music by Masaru Sato
Cinematography by Kazuo Yamada
Film Editing by Yoshihiro Araki
Production Design by Hiroshi Ueda		 Isami Kondo Toshiro Mifune
Toshizo Hijikata Keiju Kobayashi
Soji Okita Kinya Kitaoji
Kamo Serizawa Rentaro Mikuni
Tsune Yoko Tsukasa
Otaka Yuriko Hoshi
Yasubo Katsu Kanemon Nakamura
Oyuki Junko Ikeuchi
Fujita Arima Kinnosuke Nakamura
Keisuke Yamana Umenosuke Nakamura
Oume Yumiko Nogawa
Koshitaro Ito Takahiro Tamura
Kisaburo Kawai Katsuo Nakamura
Moribe Tani Ichiro Nakaya
Kaori Mita Kitagawa
Hachiro Shoga Shinsuke Okimoto
Nishiki Shinmi Ryohei Uchida
Sanosuke Harada Ryunosuke Yamazaki
Naouemon Teshiro Kazuya Okuri
Gennosuke Inoue Seishiro Kuno
Honmeido Kinzo Shin
Shinpachi Nagakura Hiroshi Tanaka
Heisuke Todo Shinnosuke Ogata
Goro Hirayama Kiyoshi Taiki
Shigesuke Hirama Hiroto Kimura
Jo Yamazaki Kyosuke Ugami
Teizo Miyabe Jotaro Togami
Ninmaro Yoshida Eijiro Soma
Shuzo Ishizaka Yoshijiro Murata
Tokutaro Ikeda Naoki Yamazaki
- Shin Tsuda
- Asao Uchida

Posters
Japanese Poster
Japan

DVDs and Blu-rays
United States Region 1 Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor AnimEigo (2007) Order

Background and Trivia
  • Toho and Mifune Productions submitted the film to the US copyright office on December 29th, 1997 with the registration number PA0000889362. The titles used was the international title Band of Assassins and also the Romaji title "Shinsengumi". The submission was a joint one done with Incident at Blood Pass (1970).
  • Was released on December 5th, 1969. It was given a wider release on January 1st, 1970, when it was screened with Bravo, Young Guy (1970).




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