Tabaruzaka

12/30/1987

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5hrs 30min

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Action

,Drama

,History

STORY

Known as the ”Last Samurai” Saigo Takamori was a stout giant of a man with a huge head and a neck like a bear. As the leader of Satsuma’s anti-Western faction, he was instumental in establishing the Sat-Cho Alliance dreamed of by Sakamoto Ryoma. After the fall of the Tokugawa, Saigo rose to major prominence before falling in disfavor. In 1876 Saigo Takamori resigned from his government post and went back to Kagoshima. He founded a local military school and dissatisfied samurai gathered around him in large numbers. In late 1876 it came to an open conflict when samurai rebels raided and occupied ammunition and weapon depots of the central government. The samurai rebels urged and proclaimed Saigo Takamori as their leader. While the Tom Cruise movie fictionalized Saigo’s life story, this is history come to life in the most exciting rendition with an all-star cast that is not to be missed!

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Hiroshi Katsuno
  • Hisaya Morishige
  • Kei Satō
  • Kinnosuke Nakamura
  • Kotaro Satomi

    Director

  • Buichi Saitō

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Nihon Television Network

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese