The White Tiger Battalion

08/25/1986

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4hrs 44min

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History

,Adventure

,Drama

STORY

The Byakkotai was part of Aizu’s four-unit military, set up in the domain’s drive to finalize its military modernization, in the wake of the Battle of Toba-Fushimi. The other three units were Genbutai, Seiryūtai, and Suzakutai. Each of the four was named after the protecting gods of compass directions. Byakkotai was meant to be a reserve unit, as it was composed of the young teenage 16 to 17 year old sons of Aizu samurai in a group of around 350, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869).

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Morio Kazama
  • Hisaya Morishige
  • Hashinosuke Nakamura
  • Kei Satō
  • Kotaro Satomi

    Director

  • Buichi Saitō

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese