Shinsengumi!

Shinsengumi!
Written by Kōki Mitani
Starring Shingo Katori
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Koji Yamamoto
Yūka
Joe Odagiri
Nakamura Kankurō VI
Taro Yamamoto
Masato Sakai
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
Takashi Kobayashi
Shōei
Nakamura Shidō II
Tomoko Tabata
Kazue Fukiishi
Michitaka Tsutsui
Shōsuke Tanihara
Keiko Toda
Goro Ibuki
Ken Ishiguro
Asahi Kurizuka
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Noda Hideki
Kyōka Suzuki
Yōsuke Eguchi
Yōko Nogiwa
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Kōichi Satō
Shirō Itō
Kunie Tanaka
Kōji Ishizaka
Theme music composer Junichi Hirokami
Opening theme John Ken Nuzzo and NHK Symphony Orchestra
Composer(s) Takayuki Hattori
Country of origin Japan
Original language(s) Japanese
No. of episodes 50 (49 + New Year's Special, 2006)
Production
Executive producer(s) Koji Yoshikawa
Running time approx. 43 min.
Broadcast
Original channel NHK
Picture format NTSC 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original run January 11, 2004 – December 12, 2004
Chronology
Followed by Yoshitsune

Shinsengumi! (新選組!) is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period.

Actors include Koji Yamamoto, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Joe Odagiri, and Shingo Katori of the pop idol group SMAP. It was written by Japanese director and playwright, Kōki Mitani.

Staff

Cast

Shinsengumi

Seichū-rōshi gumi

Itō-dōjō party

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