Shinsengumi Chronicles: I Want to Die a Samurai
April 7, 2012
Film past event
1963, 93 min., 35 mm, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Kenji Misumi. With Raizo Ichikawa, Tomisaburo Wakayama.
This action-packed epic stars Ichikawa Raizo as an honest man who joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, Isami Kondo (Tomisaburo Wakayama), and because he wants to die as a samurai. But as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.
Part of Sakura — Spring Renews, Beauty Blooms.
TICKETS
$12/$9 Japan Society members, seniors & students
Buy Tickets Online or call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. – Fri. 11 am – 6 pm, Weekends 11 am – 5 pm.
This program is co-presented with The Japan Foundation.
Part of Sakura—Spring Renews, Beauty Blooms.
- Saturday, April 7, 2012
- 5:00 pm