Tabaruzaka

Tabaruzaka — Plot

Known as the ”Last Samurai” Saigo Takamori was a stout giant of a man with a huge head and a neck like a bear. As the leader of Satsuma’s anti-Western faction, he was instumental in establishing the Sat-Cho Alliance dreamed of by Sakamoto Ryoma. After the fall of the Tokugawa, Saigo rose to major prominence before falling in disfavor. In 1876 Saigo Takamori resigned from his government post and went back to Kagoshima. He founded a local military school and dissatisfied samurai gathered around him in large numbers. In late 1876 it came to an open conflict when samurai rebels raided and occupied ammunition and weapon depots of the central government. The samurai rebels urged and proclaimed Saigo Takamori as their leader.

• Release date
• December 30, 1987

Tabaruzaka — Cast

Kōtarō Satomi Saigô Takamori Tetsuro Tamba Ôyama Tunayoshi Jinpachi Nezu Nakahara Naô Kei Satō Iwakura Tomomi Kinnosuke Nakamura Katsu Kaishû Teruhiko Aoi Ôyama Iwao Kumiko Akiyoshi Iwayama Ito Miyoko Akaza Itiki Koto