Girl With The Fire Banner
Directed by: FUKUDA Kinnosuke
Cast: MISORA Hibari, AZUMA Chiyonosuke, OKOCHI Denjiro, SUSUKIDA Kenji
Having defeated the Shogunate forces, in 1868 the Satsuma-Choshu Allied Imperial
Army was marching from Kyoto to Edo. Against this backdrop, the the van-quished
members of Edo's firefighters leave the Satsuma Mansion to burn to the ground
instead of putting out the fire. Shintaro, a young ronin takes note of the enmity towards
Satsuma and Choshu.
The H Brigade of fire-fighters led by Oharu take exception to this
and thus begins a battle between the various factions. This is an extremely exciting film
with a story that brings a little known story of old Japan to the modern audience.
(TV Broadcast quality)
1958 - Color - Widecreen
Japanese with English Subtitles
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