Shinsengumi Assassins of Honor (1970)

Near the end of the nineteenth century as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age But not all are contentThe Shinsengumi a small army of samurai farmers and peasants band together to do battle against the tide of history Their leader Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade Using a stern hand and a heart of gold he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner