Tsukigata Hanpeita

Tsukigata Hanpeita

102 mins | Drama, History | May 29, 1952

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.

Tsukigata Hanpeita

102 mins | Drama, History | May 29, 1952

Tsukigata Hanpeita
During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 月形半平太
Directors Kokichi Uchide
Writers Isamu Nagae, Rifu Yukitomo, Heigo Suzuki

Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa

as Tsukigata Hanpeita

Isuzu Yamada

as Somehachi

Hibari Misora

as Hinagiku

Chizuru Kitagawa

as Umematsu

Minoru Oki

as Katsura Kogoro

Jotaro Togami

as Sakamoto Ryoma

Yoshito Yamaji

as Komiyama Jizaemon

Daijirō Natsukawa

as Fujioka Kujuro

Yataro Kitagami

as Hayase Tatsuma

Mitsuo Nagata

as Okazaki Kozo