Summary
Byakkotai was part of Aizu's four-unit military, set up in the domain's drive to finalize its military modernization, in the wake of the Battle of Toba-Fushimi. The other three units were Genbutai, Seiryūtai, and Suzakutai. Each of the four was named after the protecting gods of compass directions. Byakkotai was meant to be a reserve unit, as it was composed of the young teenage 16 to 17 year old sons of Aizu samurai in a group around 350, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869)
Cast
Hisaya Morishige
Hirotaro Honda
Youki Kudoh
Ryoko Sakaguchi
Kotaro Satomi
Tetsuro Tamba
Masaomi Kondo
Hisano Yamaoka
Masatoshi Nakamura
Kimiko Ikegami
Isao Natsuyagi
Morio Kazama
Kei Satō
Crew
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
Japanese
Type:
Scripted
Networks:
Keywords
miniseries
jidaigeki