Gassoh

In the year 1868, three young men join the elite Shogitai division of the Shogunate. The Shogitai fights to the end and opposes the dismantling of the feudal military dictatorship known as the Bakufu system.

Cast

Yuya Yagira

as Kiwamu Akitsu

Koji Seto

as Masanosuke Yoshimori

Joe Odagiri

as Tokunoshin Mori

Amane Okayama

as Teijiro Fukuhara

Mugi Kadowaki

as Sayo Fukuhara

Kai Inowaki

Yuko Takayama

Reiko Fujiwara

Daisuke Ryū

Rie Minemura

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