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History of the End of the Samurai: The Boshin War - There was an agreed-upon transfer of power between the shogun and the emperor but that all quickly broke down. The Restorationists wished to ...
Gallons of blood and plenty of thematic thunder distinguish Kazuya Shiraishi’s energetic action film set during the Boshin civil war. After opening the Tokyo Film Festival, Shiraishi’s lusty ...
Set amidst the Boshin War, one of the fiercest battles in Japanese history, 11 Rebels follows a rag-tag samurai squad as they mount a suicide mission to defend a fortress. “When the interests of ...
The game is set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, a tumultuous time in the country's history; the country opened up to Western visitors, which fuelled the Boshin war between the shogunate and rebel ...
If the festival’s opening film, the samurai epic “11 Rebels,” is about the overt violence of the Boshin War that established this new regime, “Black Ox” hones in on the quieter violence ...
You’ll create a custom character and fight enemies in ancient Japan during the Boshin War, which featured both katanas and firearms. It is set in Edo in the late 19th century during Bakumatsu ...