The Great White Tiger Platoon

Synopsis

The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Meant to be a reserve unit as it was made of the young, 16-17 year old sons of Aizu samurai. Their story is one of the great tragedies of the Boshin War (1868-1869) as they were called into action. Getting cut off from the main body of their platoon, a group of 20 from the 2nd squad retreated to Iimori Hill, where they looked down upon fires surrounding Aizu Castle and thinking that the castle has fallen and all is lost, they choose to die as samurai by committing seppuku. A superb rendition of this true story that shows the true honor of the samurai.

Main Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

Age : 37 | Popularity : 10%

Ryû Takeda

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Takeshi Hanayagi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Takashi Mita

Age : 36 | Popularity : 3%

Shintarō Katsu

Age : 65 | Popularity : 11%

Yataro Kurokawa

Age : 73 | Popularity : 5%

Michiko Ai

Age : 94 | Popularity : 3%

Sachiko Mine

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Assistant Director	Tokuzō Tanaka
	Director	Katsuhiko Tasaka
Writing	Screenplay	Fuji Yahiro
Art	Art Direction	Seiichi Ôta
Sound	Sound Recordist	Iwao Ôtani
	Original Music Composer	Urato Watanabe
Editing	Editor	Shigeo Nishida
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Shima Yoshizane
Lighting	Lighting Technician	Yasuo Iwaki
Camera	Director of Photography	Yukimasa Makita
Department	Role	Name

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