The Great White Tiger Platoon

Overview

The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Meant to be a reserve unit as it was made of the young, 16-17 year old sons of Aizu samurai. Their story is one of the great tragedies of the Boshin War (1868-1869) as they were called into action. Getting cut off from the main body of their platoon, a group of 20 from the 2nd squad retreated to Iimori Hill, where they looked down upon fires surrounding Aizu Castle and thinking that the castle has fallen and all is lost, they choose to die as samurai by committing seppuku. A superb rendition of this true story that shows the true honor of the samurai.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 25, 1954

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa,Ryū Takeda,Takeshi Hanayagi,Takashi Mita,Shintarō Katsu,Yataro Kurokawa,Michiko Ai,Sachiko Mine,Takako Irie,Makoto Koboriand 12 more

Director

Katsuhiko Tasaka

Writer

Fuji Yahiro

Cinematography

Yukimasa Makita

Music

Urato Watanabe

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt4597436