Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

As the end of the 19th century nears and the balance of power shifts from the shogunate to the emperor, farmer turned warrior Isami Kondo (Toshirô Mifune) leads the fierce Shinsengumi — a small rebel army of peasants and farmers — in a fight against the monarchy. Banding together, Isami and his men wage a bloody battle against the inevitable tide of change in this samurai epic also starring Keiju Kobayashi and Rentarô Mikuni.