Toshizo Hijikata
Shima
Isami Kondo
Yamasaki Susumu
Sanjûrô Tani
Kojûrô Kusunoki
Sôshi Okita
Kamo Serizawa
Miyuki
Oume
Shuntarô Furutaka
Kyûzô Okamoto
Matsusuke Sugiyama
Matasaburô Saeki
Hikohei Ôtsu
Teizô Miyabe
Koei Kikyôya
Gorô Hirayama
Keisuke Yamanami
Sanosuke Harada
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.