
Shinsengumi Chronicles
I Want to Die A Samurai
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.
- Year: 1963
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Action, Thriller, War
- Studio: Daiei Film
- Keyword: samurai, corruption, based on novel or book, idealism, disillusionment, political unrest, jidaigeki, shinsengumi, 19th century, social unrest, 1860s, bakumatsu, violence
- Director: Kenji Misumi
- Cast: Shigeru Amachi, Shiho Fujimura, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Raizō Ichikawa, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Jun'ichirō Narita