Tsukigata Hanpeita (月形半平太) 72 years old

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.

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Tsukigata Hanpeita Cast

Name Character
Minoru Oki He was 28, 85 years old when he died as Katsura Kogoro
Utaemon Ichikawa He was 45, 92 years old when he died as Tsukigata Hanpeita
Hibari Misora She was 15, 52 years old when she died as Hinagiku
Daijirô Natsukawa as Fujioka Kujuro
Yoshito Yamaji as Komiyama Jizaemon
Jotaro Togami He was 36, 64 years old when he died as Sakamoto Ryoma
Isuzu Yamada She was 35, 95 years old when she died as Somehachi
Mitsuo Nagata He was 37, now 109 years old as Okazaki Kozo

Tsukigata Hanpeita Crew

Name Department
Mitsuzô Miyata as Editor. Editing
Taro Takahashi as Sound Recordist. Crew
Tsukigata Hanpeita (72 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, May 29, 1952
  • Runtime: 102 minutes