is a 2004 Taiga drama historical fiction television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period.
Actors include Koji Yamamoto, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Joe Odagiri, and Shingo Katori of the pop idol group SMAP. It was written by Japanese director and playwright, Kōki Mitani.
Staff Original: Kōki Mitani Music: Takayuki Hattori Titling: Tansetsu Ogino Narrator: Yasuo Kodera Historical research: Manabu Ōishi, Tatsuya Yamamura Architectural research: Sei Hirai Clothing research: Kiyoko Koizumi Production coordinator: Kōji Kikkawa Casting: Kazuhiko Itō Sword fight arranger : Kunishirō Hayashi
Cast Shinsengumi Shingo Katori as Kondō Isami Kōji Yamamoto as Hijikata Toshizō Tatsuya Fujiwara as Okita Sōji Joe Odagiri as Saitō Hajime Nakamura Kantarō II as Tōdō Heisuke Tarō Yamamoto as Harada Sanosuke Masato Sakai as Yamanami Keisuke Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Nagakura Shinpachi Takashi Kobayashi as Inoue Genzaburō Shoei as Shimada Kai Kichiya Katsura as Yamazaki Susumu Koji Ohkura as Kawai Kisaburo Norito Yashima as Takeda Kanryuusai
Seichū-rōshi gumi Kōichi Satō as Serizawa Kamo Kazuyuki Aijima as Niimi Nishiki Tadashi Sakata as Hirayama Gorō Gōshū as Hirama Jūsuke
Itō-dōjō party Shōsuke Tanihara as Itō Kashitarō Masato Obara as Kanō Washio
Aizu Domain Michitaka Tsutsui as Matsudaira Katamori Kenichi Yajima as Hirosawa Tomijirō Yasuyoshi Hara as Teshirogi Suguemon
Tosa Domain Yōsuke Eguchi as Sakamoto Ryōma Hiroki Miyake as Mochizuki Kameyata Nozomu Masuzawa as Nakaoka Shintarō
Chōshū Domain Ken Ishiguro as Kido Takayoshi Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Kusaka Genzui
Satsuma Domain Takashi Ukaji as Saigō Takamori Yamato Yasumura as Ōkubo Toshimichi Takato Gohō as Kuroda Ryōsuke
Tokugawa shogunate Tomohiko Imai as Tokugawa Yoshinobu – the last shogun Tsuyoshi Ihara as Sasaki Tadasaburō Hideki Noda as Katsu Kaishū Isao Sasaki as Uchiyama Hikojirō Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Enomoto Takeaki Tetsushi Tanaka as Matsumoto Ryōjun
Imperial House Nakamura Fukusuke IX as Emperor Kōmei – the 121st emperor Yūji Nakamura as Iwakura Tomomi
Others Yasuko Sawaguchi as Okita Mitsu - Okita Sōji's eldest sister Kōji Ishizaka as Sakuma Shōzan Tetsurō Sagawa as Onogawa Hidegorō Mainoumi Shūhei as Kumakawa Kuwajirō – a sumo wrestler Daishi Nobuyuki as Kurogami – a sumo wrestler Jay Kabira as Henry Heusken Marty Kuehnert as Townsend Harris Yūka as Okō Asahi Kurizuka as Hijikata Tamejirō, Toshizō's older brother Rei Kikukawa as Ikumatsu
Episode list The series originally aired from January 11 to December 12, 2004. The initial viewership of the series was 26.3%, however, it later dropped to an average of 17.4%. On September 29, 2025, the series officially began streaming on NHK.
Specials is a compilation of the entire story aswell as including some unreleased footage. The special was released three parts that were originally aired on December 26, 2004, at 4:45 PM, 7:30 PM, and 9:00 PM. The special was compiled into a full 3 hours and 42 minutes long film and released on DVD on March 25, 2005.
Reception During the 2005 43th Television Drama Academy Awards held by Kadokawa, the series won the best show award. For the series, Shingo Katori won the best actor award, Koji Yamamoto won best supporting actor, and Kōki Mitani won the best screenplay award.
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External links
SHINSENGUMI 新選組 Shinsengumi Website