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Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Boshin War and Satsuma Rebellion . This list does not include documentaries, short films. [1] [2] [3]
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Empire of Japan | A sunny day and a cloudy day | 照る日くもる日 | Buntarō Futagawa Hôzô Nakajima Yoshinosuke Hitomi | Drama. Based on the novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |
| 1926 | Empire of Japan | A sunny day and a cloudy day | 照る日くもる日 | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Drama. Based on the novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |
| 1927 | Empire of Japan | A sunny day and a cloudy day | 照る日くもる日 | Jukô Takahashi | Drama. Based on the novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Empire of Japan | All-out attack on Edo Castle | 江戸城総攻め | Seika Shiba | Drama. Based on the kabuki theater play All-out attack on Edo Castle. |
| 1933 | Empire of Japan | First battle | 初陣 | Taizô Fuyushima | About the Byakkotai |
| 1937 | Empire of Japan | Shinsengumi | 新選組 | Sotoji Kimura | Drama. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Empire of Japan | A sunny day and a cloudy day | 照る日くもる日 | Kumahiko Nishina | Drama. Based on the novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |
| 1941 | Empire of Japan | Last day of Edo | 江戸最後の日 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Historical drama. Based on the play Last day of Edo. |
| 1942 | Empire of Japan | Ōmura Masujirō | 大村益次郎 | Kazuo Mori | Biography. Based on a novel about Ōmura Masujirō |
| 1944 | Empire of Japan | Army | 陸軍 | Keisuke Kinoshita | War movie. Based on the novel Army. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Japan | Shinsengumi Part 1 Kyo Raku Fuun no Maki, Part 2 Ikedaya Riot, Part 3 Magical Sword Ranbu | 新撰組 第一部京洛風雲の巻、第二部池田屋騒動、第三部魔剣乱舞 | Ryo Hagiwara | |
| 1954 | Japan | The Last of Samurai | 新選組鬼隊長 | Toshikazu Kôno | Historical drama. Based on the novel Woman of fire. About Kondō Isami and the Shinsengumi. |
| 1954 | Japan | A sunny day and a cloudy day | 照る日くもる日 | Toshio Shimura | Drama. Based on the novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |
| 1954 | Japan | The Great White Tiger Platoon | 花の白虎隊 | Katsuhiko Tasaka | War movie. About the Byakkotai and Aizu Domain |
| 1958 | Japan | The Birth of Tokyo | 大東京誕生 大江戸の鐘 | Tatsuo Ôsone | Action. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Japan | Bright and Cloudy Days | 照る日くもる日 | Kôkichi Uchide | Drama. Based on the novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |
| 1961 | Japan | Fuun Shinsengumi | 風雲新撰組 | Masaki Môri | Drama. About the Shinsengumi. |
| 1963 | Japan | Shinsengumi Chronicles | 新選組始末記 | Kenji Misumi | Drama. Based the novel The Shinsengumi Disposal. |
| 1963 | Japan | Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi | 新選組血風録 近藤勇 | Shigehiro Ozawa | Based on the novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku. |
| 1969 | Japan | Shinsengumi | 新撰組 | Tadashi Sawashima | Period drama. About the Shinsengumi. |
| 1969 | Japan | Red Lion | 赤毛 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action-comedy. About the Sekihōtai. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Japan | The Last Swordsman | 沖田総司 | Masanobu Deme | Period drama. About Okita Sōji an the Shinsengumi. |
| 1975 | Japan | Roar | 吶喊 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action-comedy. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Japan | Collapse of the Tokugawa clan | 徳川一族の崩壊 | Kōsaku Yamashita | Period drama. About the Aizu Domain during the Tokugawa shogunate. |
| 1981 | Japan | Why Not? | ええじゃないか | Shōhei Imamura | Drama. About the Ee ja nai ka and the Social reform uprising. |
| 1985 | Japan | The Dagger of Kamui | カムイの剣 | Rintaro | Animated action-adventure. Based on the The Dagger of Kamui series of novels. |
| 1986 | Japan | Bakumatsu Youth Graffiti Ronin Ryoma Sakamoto | 幕末青春グラフィティ Ronin 坂本竜馬 | Yoshitaka Kawai | Romantic action drama. |
| 1986 | Japan | Jazz Daimyo (Dixieland Daimyo) | ジャズ大名 | Kihachi Okamoto | Musical comedy drama. Based on the novel Jazz Daimyo. |
| 1988 | Japan | Goryokaku | 五稜郭 | Kōsei Saitō |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Japan | The Passage to Japan | 福沢諭吉 | Shinichiro Sawai | Drama. About Fukuzawa Yukichi. |
| 1999 | Japan France United Kingdom | Taboo | 御法度 | Nagisa Ōshima | Historical thriller. Based on the novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Japan | Shinsengumi | 新選組 | Kon Ichikawa | Action anime. Based on the manga Shinsengumi. |
| 2002 | Japan | The Twilight Samurai | たそがれ清兵衛 | Yoji Yamada | Romantic drama. Based on the short story The Bamboo Sword. |
| 2002 | Japan | When the Last Sword Is Drawn | 壬生義士伝 | Yōjirō Takita | Period drama. Based on the Mibu Gishi Biography of[ clarification needed ] Kanichiro Yoshimura. |
| 2004 | Japan | Toshizo Hijikata White Trail | 土方歳三 白の軌跡 | Chie Uratani | About Hijikata Toshizō and the Shinsengumi. |
| 2004 | Japan | The Hidden Blade | 隠し剣 鬼の爪 | Yoji Yamada | Period drama. Based the Hidden sword short stories[ clarification needed ]. |
| 2006 | Japan | True Story Shinsengumi | 実録 新選組 | Hiroyuki Tsuji | Action. About the Shinsengumi. |
| 2007 | Canada France Italy United Kingdom Japan United States | Silk | François Girard | Drama. Based on the novel Silk. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Japan | Rurouni Kenshin | るろうに剣心 | Keishi Ōtomo | Period drama. Based on the manga Rurouni Kenshin. |
| 2014 | Japan | Bakumatsu high school student | 幕末高校生 | Toshio Lee | Action. Based on the short story Remaining Snow. |
| 2015 | Japan | Joint funeral (Gassoh) | 合葬 | Tatsuo Kobayashi | Drama. Based on the manga Joint funeral. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Japan | The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai | 峠 最後のサムライ | Takashi Koizumi | Period drama. Based on the novel Mountain pass about Kawai Tsugunosuke. |
| 2021 | Japan | Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning | るろうに剣心 最終章 | Keishi Ōtomo | Period drama. Based on the manga Rurouni Kenshin. |
| 2021 | Japan | Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai | 燃えよ剣 | Masato Harada | Period drama. Based on the novel Moeyo Ken. About Hijikata Toshizō and the Shinsengumi. |
| 2024 | Japan | 11 Rebels | 十一人の賊軍 | Kazuya Shiraishi | Period drama. About the Shibata clan |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Japan | Labyrinth of Cinema | 海辺の映画館―キネマの玉手箱 | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Anti-war fantasy drama. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Japan | Fuun Shinsengumi/Isamu Kondo | 風雲新選組・近藤勇 | Masaki Mouri | Drama. |
| 1978 | Japan | Let the clouds fly | 雲を翔びこせ | Shin'ichi Kamoshita | Shibusawa Eiichi. |
| 1985 | Japan | Atsuhime Tenshoin | 天璋院篤姫 | Kazuo Yamauchi | Based on the novel Atsuhime Tenshoin about Tenshō-in. |
| 2002 | Japan | Mibu Gishiden ~The strongest man in the Shinsengumi~ | 壬生義士伝〜新選組でいちばん強かった男〜 | Shingo Matsubara Keiji Nagao | Period drama. Based on the Mibu Gishi Biography of[ clarification needed ] Kanichiro Yoshimura. |
| 2003 | Japan | Did the master quit again? ~ Oguri Koenosuke, a famous magistrate at the end of the Edo period ~ | またも辞めたか亭主殿〜幕末の名奉行・小栗上野介〜 | Yoshiyuki Yoshimura | Based on the novel Did the master quit again? ~ Oguri Koenosuke, a famous magistrate at the end of the Edo period about Oguri Kozukenosuke. |
| 2006 | Japan | Shinsengumi!! Toshizo Hijikata's last day | 新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日 | Kunio Yoshikawa | Period drama. About Hijikata Toshizō and the Shinsengumi. |
| 2007 | Japan | Byakkotai | 白虎隊 | Hajime Hashimoto | Period drama. About the Byakkotai. |
| 2013 | Japan | Byakkotai ~Those who will not be defeated | 白虎隊〜敗れざる者たち | Toshihiko Shigemitsu | Drama. About Saigō Tanomo, the Aizu Domain and the Byakkotai. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Japan | Kamigata Bushido | 上方武士道 | ||
| 1961 | Japan | The Shinsengumi Disposal | 新選組始末記 | Based on The Shinsengumi Disposal. | |
| 1965 | Japan | Shinsengumi Keppuroku | 新選組血風録 | Yasushi Sasaki Toshikazu Kôno Ikuo Takami | Based on Shinsengumi Keppūroku. |
| 1965 | Japan | Burning White Tiger Corps | 燃ゆる白虎隊 | Nobuo Nakagawa Kiyoshi Saeki | About the Byakkotai. |
| 1966 | Japan | Burn the sword | 燃えよ剣 | Based on Moeyo Ken. | |
| 1967 | Japan | Three sisters | 三姉妹 | ||
| 1969 | Japan | Kamigata Bushido | 上方武士道 | Katsuhiko Tasaka | |
| 1970 | Japan | Kokushi -Namika Yukyoden- | 俄-浪華遊侠伝- | Toshimasa Suzuki Yasuo Inoshita | Based on Naniwa Yuukiden. |
| 1970 | Japan | Burn the sword | 燃えよ剣 | Based on Moeyo Ken. About Hijikata Toshizō and the Shinsengumi. | |
| 1973 | Japan | Shinsengumi | 新選組 | ||
| 1974 | Japan | Katsu Kaishū | 勝海舟 | Drama. Based on the novel Katsu Kaishū about Katsu Kaishū. | |
| 1977 | Japan | The Shinsengumi Disposal | 新選組始末記 | Based on The Shinsengumi Disposal. | |
| 1977 | Japan | Bakumatsu futuristic person | 幕末未来人 | Based on the short story Remaining Snow. | |
| 1977 | Japan | Flower god | 花神 | Period drama. Based on the novels Flower god, Days of living in the world, The eleventh patriot, Pass, Drunk as a Lord. About Ōmura Masujirō, Takasugi Shinsaku, Inaba Masami and the Shōkasonjuku Academy. | |
| 1980 | Japan | Age of lions | 獅子の時代 | Period drama. | |
| 1986 | Japan | Byakkotai | 白虎隊 | Buichi Saitō | Period drama. |
| 1988 | Japan | Goryokaku | 五稜郭 | Kōsei Saitō | Enomoto Takeaki. |
| 1989 | Japan | Kiheitai | 奇兵隊 | Buichi Saitō | Period drama. |
| 1990 | Japan | Burn the sword | 燃えよ剣 | Based on Moeyo Ken. | |
| 1990 | Japan | Kaishu Katsu | 勝海舟 | Katsu Kaishū | |
| 1994 | Japan | Bakumatsu high school student | 幕末高校生 | Masato Tsujino Hoshi Mamoru | Sci-Fi. Based on the short story Remaining Snow. |
| 1998 | Japan | Yoshinobu Tokugawa | 徳川慶喜 | Based on The last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. | |
| 1998 | Japan | Shinsengumi Keppuroku | 新選組血風録 | Eiichi Kudo Kōsei Saitō Toshio Masuda Akinori Matsuo Umeo Minamino Naoki Uesugi | Drama. Based on Shinsengumi Keppūroku. |
| 2000 | Japan | One string koto | 一絃の琴 | Based on the novel One string koto. | |
| 2000 | Japan | Tree in the Sun | 陽だまりの樹 | Gisaburō Sugii | Animated period drama. Based on the manga Tree in the Sun. |
| 2004 | Japan | Shinsengumi! | 新選組! | Period drama. | |
| 2006-7 | Japan | Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto | 幕末機関説 いろはにほへと | Ryôsuke Takahashi | Web anime. |
| 2008 | Japan | Atsuhime | 篤姫 | Motohiko Sano | Period drama. Based on the novel Atsuhime Tenshoin. |
| 2010 | Japan | Hakuoki: Record of the Jade Blood | 薄桜鬼 碧血録 | Period drama. Based the Hakuoki video games series. | |
| 2011 | Japan | Shinsengumi Keppuroku | 新選組血風録 | Based on Shinsengumi Keppūroku. | |
| 2012 | Japan | Tree in the Sun | 陽だまりの樹 | Drama. Based on the manga Tree in the Sun. | |
| 2013 | Japan | Yae's Sakura | 八重の桜 | History. About Niijima Yae. | |
| 2015 | Japan | Burning Flower | 花燃ゆ | Yoshio Watanabe Hajime Suenaga | Period drama. About Miwako Kadori. |
| 2018 | Japan | Black Lecture Hall's Rokubee | 黒書院の六兵衛 | Toshio Lee | Drama. Based on the novel Rokubei of Kuroshoin covering the Fall of Edo. |
| 2018 | Japan | Segodon | 西郷どん | Yūsuke Noda Makoto Bonkabara | Drama. Based on the novel Saigo Don! about Saigō Takamori. |
| 2021 | Japan | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky | 青天を衝け | Drama. About Shibusawa Eiichi. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Empire of Japan | Oyuki the Virgin | マリヤのお雪 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama. Based on the short story Boule de Suif and a play Join Bus. |
| 1938 | Empire of Japan | The Giant | 巨人傳 | Mansaku Itami | Drama. Based on Les Misérables. |
| 1962 | Japan | Young warrior of tragic love | 悲恋の若武者 | Masaki Nishiyama | Based on the single[ clarification needed ] Young warrior of tragic love. |
| 2003 | United States New Zealand Japan | The Last Samurai | Edward Zwick | Drama. | |
| 2010 | Japan | Hanjiro | 半次郎 | Shô Igarashi | Drama. About Kirino Toshiaki. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Japan | Saigo bill | 西郷札 | Katsumi Yamada | Based on the short story Saigo bill. |
| 1991 | Japan | Seicho Matsumoto's 40th anniversary as a writer Saigo bill | 松本清張作家活動40周年記念 西郷札 | Susumu Ooka | Based on the short story Saigo bill. |
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Japan | Tabarazaka | 田原坂 | Buichi Saitō | History. About Saigō Takamori. |
| 1990 | Japan | As if to fly | 翔ぶが如く | Period drama. Based on the novel As if to fly about Saigō Takamori and Ōkubo Toshimichi. |