Details
Title: 新選組！
Title (romaji): Shinsengumi!
Episodes: 49 episodes plus 1 special (2006-Jan-03)
Genre: Jidaigeki, chambara action
Viewership ratings: ep1=26.3 high=26.3 avg=17.4(all Kanto #s)
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2004-Jan-11 to 2004-Dec-12
Broadcast time: Sunday at 20:00
Original Soundtrack (OST): Shinsengumi! OST
Synopsis
The 43rd NHK Taiga Drama is Shinsengumi!. The arrival of Commodore Perry’s "Black Ships" rudely awakened Japan from 300 years of peaceful isolation from the world. Men set their eyes beyond Japan and began to demand change in society. Old clashed with the new, and thus began an age of turmoil. Amidst this confusion, one group remained true to the old ways and risked their lives to preserve the traditional shogunate system. Led by their charismatic captain, Kondo Isami, the Shinsengumi upheld the code of honor of the samurai. Tales abound of the feats of men like Kondo, Hijikata Toshizo, Saito Hajime, and Okita Soji. This NHK taiga drama brings to life the passion and glory of these men who lived during the most turbulent time in Japanese history. Full of pathos, action-packed, this is a series not to be missed by chambara fans. --- written by groink
Cast
Katori Shingo as Kondo Isami
Yamamoto Koji as Hijikata Toshizou
Fujiwara Tatsuya as Okita Soji
Yamaguchi Tomomitsu as Nagakura Shinpachi
Odagiri Joe as Saito Hajime
Sakai Masato as Yamanami Keisuke
Kobayashi Takashi as Inoue Genzaburo
Sawaguchi Yasuko as Okita Mitsu
Yuka as Miyukidayu
Nakamura Kantaro (中村勘太郎) as Toudou Heisuke
Yamamoto Taro as Harada Sanosuke
Sato Koichi as Serizawa Kamo
Tabata Tomoko as Kondo Tsune
Asada Miyoko as Sato Nobu
Kohinata Fumiyo as Sato Hikogoro
Suzuki Kyoka as Oume
Nogiwa Yoko as Kondo Fude
Fukiishi Kazue as Yagi Hide
Matsukane Yoneko as Yagi Masa
Tanaka Kunie (田中邦衛) as Kondo Shusuke
Nakamura Shido as Takimoto Sutesuke
Ishiguro Ken as Katsura Kogoro
Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Kusako Genzui
Eguchi Yosuke as Sakamoto Ryoma
Ono Takehiko as Kojima Shikanosuke
Ihara Tsuyoshi as Sasaki Tadasaburo
Kabira Jiei as Heusken (ep 6)
Iwasaki Kaneko (岩崎加根子) as Natsu
Haba Yuichi as Yamaoka Tetsutaro
Fujiki Takashi (藤木孝) as Matsudaira Chikaranosuke
Noda Hideki (野田秀樹) as Katsu Kaishu
Namase Katsuhisa as Tonouchi Yoshio
Shirai Akira as Kiyokawa Hachiro
Ibuki Goro (伊吹吾朗) as Kasuya Shingoro
Shoji Utae (正司歌江) as Hisa
Tsutsui Michitaka as Matsudaira Katamori
Asari Yosuke
Tanihara Shosuke as Ito Okura
Ito Shiro as Yagi Gennojo
Aso Kumiko
Yashima Norito
Kikukawa Rei
Ukaji Takashi
Yasumura Yamato (保村大和)
Suzuki Sawa
Nakamura Shunta
Hino Yojin
Hashimoto Jun
Takuma Takayuki
Aijima Kazuyuki as Niimi Nishiki
Tanaka Tetsushi
Kimura Yuichi
Ohkura Koji
Sato B-saku
Sakata Tadashi
Takasugi Ko
Kubo Akira
Matsumoto Tamaki
Ebata Hiroki
Tanabe Tokimasa
Yamazaki Shigenori (SP)
Yashiba Toshihiro (SP)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Mitani Koki
Produced by:
Directed by:
Music by: Hattori Takayuki
Trivia
Shinsengumi took 370 days of filming.
Katori Shingo secretly lost 10 kg for the filming of the last scene.
