List of Boshin War and Satsuma Rebellion films

Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Boshin War and Satsuma Rebellion. This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3]

1920s

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1926 Empire of Japan A sunny day and a cloudy day 照る日くもる日 Buntarō Futagawa
Hôzô Nakajima
Yoshinosuke Hitomi
Drama. Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day.
1926 Empire of Japan A sunny day and a cloudy day 照る日くもる日 Teinosuke Kinugasa Drama. Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day.
1927 Empire of Japan A sunny day and a cloudy day 照る日くもる日 Jukô Takahashi Drama. Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day.

1930s

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1930 Empire of Japan All-out attack on Edo Castle 江戸城総攻め Seika Shiba Based on kabuki All-out attack on Edo Castle.
1933 Empire of Japan First battle 初陣 Taizô Fuyushima Byakkotai
1937 Empire of Japan Shinsengumi 新選組 Sotoji Kimura

1940s

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1940 Empire of Japan A sunny day and a cloudy day 照る日くもる日 Kumahiko Nishina Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day.
1941 Empire of Japan Last day of Edo 江戸最後の日 Hiroshi Inagaki Drama, History. Based on the play Last day of Edo.
1942 Empire of Japan Ōmura Masujirō 大村益次郎 Kazuo Mori Biography. Based on a novel Ōmura Masujirō. Ōmura Masujirō
1944 Empire of Japan Army 陸軍 Keisuke Kinoshita Drama, War. Based on a novel Army.

1950s

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1952 Japan Shinsengumi Part 1 Kyo Raku Fuun no Maki, Part 2 Ikedaya Riot, Part 3 Magical Sword Ranbu 新撰組 第一部京洛風雲の巻、第二部池田屋騒動、第三部魔剣乱舞 Ryo Hagiwara
1954 Japan Shinsengumi Oni Captain 新選組鬼隊長 Toshikazu Kôno Based on a novel Woman of fire.
1954 Japan A sunny day and a cloudy day 照る日くもる日 Toshio Shimura Drama. Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day.
1954 Japan The Great White Tiger Platoon 花の白虎隊 Katsuhiko Tasaka History, War. Byakkotai, Aizu Domain
1958 Japan The Birth of Tokyo 大東京誕生 大江戸の鐘 Tatsuo Ôsone

1960s

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1960 Japan A sunny day and a cloudy day 照る日くもる日 Kôkichi Uchide Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day.
1961 Japan Fuun Shinsengumi 風雲新撰組 Masaki Môri
1963 Japan Shinsengumi Chronicles 新選組始末記 Kenji Misumi Action, Drama. Based on a novel The Shinsengumi Disposal. Shinsengumi
1963 Japan Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi 新選組血風録 近藤勇 Shigehiro Ozawa Based on a novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku.
1969 Japan Shinsengumi 新撰組 Tadashi Sawashima Action, Adventure, Drama, History. Shinsengumi
1969 Japan Red Lion 赤毛 Kihachi Okamoto Action, Comedy. Sekihōtai

1970s

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1974 Japan The Last Swordsman 沖田総司 Masanobu Deme Okita Sōji, Shinsengumi.
1975 Japan Roar 吶喊 Kihachi Okamoto Action, Comedy, Drama, War.

1980s

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1980 Japan Collapse of the Tokugawa clan 徳川一族の崩壊 Kōsaku Yamashita Drama, History, War. Aizu Domain, Tokugawa shogunate.
1981 Japan Why Not? ええじゃないか Shōhei Imamura Drama. Ee ja nai ka, Social reform uprising
1985 Japan The Dagger of Kamui カムイの剣 Rintaro Animation, Action, Adventure. Based on a series of novels The Dagger of Kamui.
1986 Japan Bakumatsu Youth Graffiti Ronin Ryoma Sakamoto 幕末青春グラフィティ Ronin 坂本竜馬 Yoshitaka Kawai Action, Drama, Romance.
1986 Japan Jazz Daimyo
(Dixieland Daimyo)
ジャズ大名 Kihachi Okamoto Music, Comedy, Drama. Based on a novel Jazz Daimyo.
1988 Japan Goryokaku 五稜郭 Kōsei Saitō

1990s

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1991 Japan The Passage to Japan 福沢諭吉 Shinichiro Sawai Drama. Fukuzawa Yukichi
1999 Japan
France
United Kingdom
Taboo 御法度 Nagisa Ōshima Drama, History, Thriller. Based on a novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku.

2000s

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2000 Japan Shinsengumi 新選組 Kon Ichikawa Action, Animation. Based on the manga Shinsengumi. Shinsengumi
2002 Japan The Twilight Samurai たそがれ清兵衛 Yoji Yamada Drama, Romance. Based on a short story The Bamboo Sword.
2002 Japan When the Last Sword Is Drawn 壬生義士伝 Yōjirō Takita Drama, History. Based on a novel Mibu Gishi Biography. Kanichiro Yoshimura
2004 Japan Toshizo Hijikata White Trail 土方歳三 白の軌跡 Chie Uratani Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi.
2004 Japan The Hidden Blade 隠し剣 鬼の爪 Yoji Yamada Drama, History, Romance. Based on short stories Hidden sword.
2006 Japan True Story Shinsengumi 実録 新選組 Hiroyuki Tsuji Action. Shinsengumi
2007 Canada
France
Italy
United Kingdom
Japan
United States
Silk François Girard Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Silk.

2010s

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2012 Japan Rurouni Kenshin るろうに剣心 Keishi Ōtomo Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War. Based on the manga Rurouni Kenshin.
2014 Japan Bakumatsu high school student 幕末高校生 Toshio Lee Action. Based on the short story Remaining Snow.
2015 Japan Joint funeral
(Gassoh)
合葬 Tatsuo Kobayashi Drama. Based on the manga Joint funeral.

2020s

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2020 Japan The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai 峠 最後のサムライ Takashi Koizumi Drama, History. Based on a novel Mountain pass. Kawai Tsugunosuke
2021 Japan Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning るろうに剣心 最終章 Keishi Ōtomo Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance. Based on the manga Rurouni Kenshin.
2021 Japan Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai 燃えよ剣 Masato Harada Action, Drama, History. Based on a novel Moeyo Ken. Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi.

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1961 Japan Fuun Shinsengumi/Isamu Kondo 風雲新選組・近藤勇 Masaki Mouri
1978 Japan Let the clouds fly 雲を翔びこせ Shin'ichi Kamoshita Shibusawa Eiichi
1985 Japan Atsuhime Tenshoin 天璋院篤姫 Kazuo Yamauchi Based on a novel Atsuhime Tenshoin. Tenshō-in
2002 Japan Mibu Gishiden ~The strongest man in the Shinsengumi~ 壬生義士伝〜新選組でいちばん強かった男〜 Shingo Matsubara
Keiji Nagao
Drama, War. Based on a novel Mibu Gishi Biography. Kanichiro Yoshimura
2003 Japan Did the master quit again? ~ Oguri Koenosuke, a famous magistrate at the end of the Edo period ~ またも辞めたか亭主殿〜幕末の名奉行・小栗上野介〜 Yoshiyuki Yoshimura Based on a novel Did the master quit again? ~ Oguri Koenosuke, a famous magistrate at the end of the Edo period ~. Oguri Kozukenosuke
2006 Japan Shinsengumi!! Toshizo Hijikata’s last day 新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日 Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi
2007 Japan Byakkotai 白虎隊 Byakkotai
2013 Japan Byakkotai ~Those who will not be defeated 白虎隊〜敗れざる者たち Toshihiko Shigemitsu Saigō Tanomo, Aizu Domain, Byakkotai

TV Series

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1961 Japan Kamigata Bushido 上方武士道
1961 Japan The Shinsengumi Disposal 新選組始末記 Based on a novel The Shinsengumi Disposal. Shinsengumi
1965 Japan Shinsengumi Keppuroku 新選組血風録 Yasushi Sasaki
Toshikazu Kôno
Ikuo Takami
Based on a novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku.
1965 Japan Burning White Tiger Corps 燃ゆる白虎隊 Nobuo Nakagawa
Kiyoshi Saeki
Byakkotai
1966 Japan Burn the sword 燃えよ剣 Based on a novel Moeyo Ken. Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi.
1967 Japan Three sisters 三姉妹
1969 Japan Kamigata Bushido 上方武士道 Katsuhiko Tasaka
1970 Japan Kokushi -Namika Yukyoden- 俄-浪華遊侠伝- Toshimasa Suzuki
Yasuo Inoshita
Based on a novel Naniwa Yuukiden.
1970 Japan Burn the sword 燃えよ剣 Based on a novel Moeyo Ken. Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi.
1973 Japan Shinsengumi 新選組 Shinsengumi.
1974 Japan Katsu Kaishū 勝海舟 Drama. Based on a novel Katsu Kaishū. Katsu Kaishū
1977 Japan The Shinsengumi Disposal 新選組始末記 Based on a novel The Shinsengumi Disposal. Shinsengumi
1977 Japan Bakumatsu futuristic person 幕末未来人 Based on the short story Remaining Snow.
1977 Japan Flower god 花神 Based on a novels Flower god, Days of living in the world, The eleventh patriot, Pass, Drunk as a Lord. Ōmura Masujirō, Takasugi Shinsaku, Inaba Masami, Shōkasonjuku Academy.
1980 Japan Age of lions 獅子の時代
1986 Japan Byakkotai 白虎隊 Buichi Saitō Byakkotai, Aizu Domain.
1988 Japan Goryokaku 五稜郭 Kōsei Saitō Enomoto Takeaki
1989 Japan Kiheitai 奇兵隊 Buichi Saitō
1990 Japan Burn the sword 燃えよ剣 Based on a novel Moeyo Ken. Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi.
1990 Japan Kaishu Katsu 勝海舟 Katsu Kaishū
1994 Japan Bakumatsu high school student 幕末高校生 Masato Tsujino
Hoshi Mamoru
Based on the short story Remaining Snow.
1998 Japan Yoshinobu Tokugawa 徳川慶喜 Based on a novel The last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998 Japan Shinsengumi Keppuroku 新選組血風録 Eiichi Kudo
Kōsei Saitō
Toshio Masuda
Akinori Matsuo
Umeo Minamino
Naoki Uesugi
Drama. Based on a novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku.
2000 Japan One string koto 一絃の琴 Based on a novel One string koto.
2000 Japan Tree in the Sun 陽だまりの樹 Gisaburō Sugii Animation, Drama, History. Based on the manga Tree in the Sun.
2004 Japan Shinsengumi! 新選組! Drama, History, War. Kondō Isami, Shinsengumi.
2006-7 Japan Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto 幕末機関説 いろはにほへと Ryôsuke Takahashi Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance.
2008 Japan Atsuhime 篤姫 Motohiko Sano Drama, History. Based on a novel Atsuhime Tenshoin. Tenshō-in
2010 Japan Hakuoki: Record of the Jade Blood 薄桜鬼 碧血録 Based on a series of games Hakuoki.
2011 Japan Shinsengumi Keppuroku 新選組血風録 Based on a novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku.
2012 Japan Tree in the Sun 陽だまりの樹 Drama. Based on the manga Tree in the Sun.
2013 Japan Yae's Sakura 八重の桜 History. Niijima Yae
2015 Japan Burning Flower 花燃ゆ Yoshio Watanabe
Hajime Suenaga
Drama, History. Miwako Kadori
2018 Japan Rokubei of Kuroshoin 黒書院の六兵衛 Toshio Lee Based on a novel Rokubei of Kuroshoin. Fall of Edo
2018 Japan Segodon 西郷どん Yūsuke Noda

Makoto Bonkabara
Takeshi Okada
Yoshimi Ishizuka
Yūsuke Horiuchi
Keisuke Ōshima

Drama. Based on a novel Saigo Don!. Saigō Takamori
2021 Japan Reach Beyond the Blue Sky 青天を衝け Drama. Shibusawa Eiichi

Satsuma Rebellion

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1935 Empire of Japan Oyuki the Virgin マリヤのお雪 Kenji Mizoguchi Drama, War. Based on a short story Boule de Suif and a play Join Bus.
1938 Empire of Japan The Giant 巨人傳 Mansaku Itami Drama. Based on a novel Les Misérables.
1962 Japan Young warrior of tragic love 悲恋の若武者 Masaki Nishiyama Based on single Young warrior of tragic love.
2003 United States
New Zealand
Japan
The Last Samurai Edward Zwick Action, Drama.
2010 Japan Hanjiro 半次郎 Shô Igarashi Drama. Kirino Toshiaki

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1964 Japan Saigo bill 西郷札 Katsumi Yamada Based on a short story Saigo bill.
1991 Japan Seicho Matsumoto's 40th anniversary as a writer Saigo bill 松本清張作家活動40周年記念 西郷札 Susumu Ooka Based on a short story Saigo bill.

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1987 Japan Tabarazaka 田原坂 Buichi Saitō Saigō Takamori
1990 Japan As if to fly 翔ぶが如く Based on a novel As if to fly. Saigō Takamori, Ōkubo Toshimichi

References

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  1. ^ "役所広司×原作・司馬遼太郎『峠 最後のサムライ』幕末に近代武装!? 和平交渉に尽くした河井継之助の生き様" [Koji Yakusho x Original work by Ryotaro Shiba "Toge: The Last Samurai" Modern armament at the end of the Edo period!? The life of Tsuginosuke Kawai, who devoted himself to peace negotiations]. BANGER (in Japanese).
  2. ^ "インタビュー:役所広司 現実の戦争と呼応する幕末の小藩 「峠 最後のサムライ" [Interview: Koji Yakusho “Toge: The Last Samurai”, a small domain at the end of the Edo period that corresponds to the real war]. hitocinema (in Japanese).
  3. ^ "映画『ラストサムライ』を斬る ――これは「サムライ」についてのアメリカ人による一解釈にすぎない" [Kill the movie “The Last Samurai” --This is just one American interpretation of "Samurai"]. relnet (in Japanese).