The Great White Tiger Platoon
5.7
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.
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Raizō Ichikawa
Known for
An Actor's Revenge
Ryū Takeda
Also in
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Obsessive Snake
Tokuzō Tanaka
Fuji Yahiro
Shozaburo Asai
Katsuhiko Tasaka
Takeshi Hanayagi
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Date sōdō: Haha goten
Seiichi Ôta
Takashi Mita
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I Was a Prisoner in Siberia
Zoku Tange Sazen
Iwao Ôtani
Shintarō Katsu
Known for
The Tale of Zatoichi
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Shigeo Nishida
Katsuhiko Tasaka Director · Fuji Yahiro Screenplay Urato Watanabe Composer
First release August 25, 1954 · Produced in Japan · Original title 花の白虎隊
Production
Daiei Film
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Japan
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Original title
花の白虎隊
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 25, 1954
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No release date listed for United States.
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