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Sonno Joi (建国史 尊王攘夷)

Overview

For nearly 300 years, Japan had been hermetically sealed to the outside world. When, in that pivotal year of 1854, the American Admiral Perry took the direct approach that the Dutch had been unwilling to take, the ruling Shogun knew that the dynasty was over. As the shogun began to open up to the outside world, the Sonno Joi movement called for this to be reversed...

Key Crew

Screenplay: Tomiyasu Ikeda

Director: Tomiyasu Ikeda

Top Cast

Denjirō Ōkōchi
Denjirō Ōkōchi

Tamitaro Onoe

Haruko Sawamura
Haruko Sawamura

Kaichi Yamamoto
Kaichi Yamamoto

Tokugawa Nariaki

Jūrō Tanizaki
Jūrō Tanizaki

Tokihiko Okada
Tokihiko Okada

Takeo Katsura

Kōichi Katsuragi
Kōichi Katsuragi

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