Moeyo Ken (1970)

Overview

Also known as 燃えよ剣 "Burn, O Sword" is based on a novel by Japanese author Ryōtarō Shiba. It dramatizes the life of Hijikata Toshizō, a member of the Shinsengumi, active in Japan during the bakumatsu (the end of the Tokugawa shogunate). The supporting cast included Susumu Kurobe as Nagakura Shinpachi and Shinsuke Mikimoto as Kiyokawa Hachirō. There is an anime of the same name.