The Great White Tiger Platoon

Katsuhiko Tasaka
1954-08-25


6
91 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Raizō Ichikawa Unowned
Ryû Takeda Unowned
Takeshi Hanayagi Unowned
Takashi Mita Unowned
Shintarō Katsu Unowned
Yataro Kurokawa Unowned
Michiko Ai Unowned
Sachiko Mine Unowned
Takako Irie Unowned
Makoto Kobori Unowned
Shōsaku Sugiyama Unowned
Toranosuke Ogawa Unowned
Rumiko Komachi Unowned
Shinobu Araki Unowned
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka Unowned
Shōzō Nanbu Unowned
Seishirō Hara Unowned
Eigorō Onoe Unowned
Saburo Date Unowned
Hiroshi Mizuno Unowned
Ikkei Tamaki Unowned
Yukio Horikita Unowned