Can a young ronin find the samurai life in a corrupted Kyoto?
The Shinsengumi was a police force in Kyoto made up of ronin (masterless samurai) organized during the end of Tokugawa shogunate to protect it from dissenters who disagreed with the government’s stance on Westerners who were beginning to arrive. The opponents of the shogun are called imperialists in the film, because they called for the emperor to return to power as a way to undermine the Tokugawa.<br /><br />The story focuses upon a ronin Yamazaki Susumu (Raizo Ichikawa) who joins the Shinsengumi because he believes it will give him a place and a cause. He finds Kyoto a lawless place with scams, murder, extortion, and plenty of imperialist ronin as well. Susumu discovers that the Shinsengumi are little better however as the Commander Serizawa (Jun Tazaki) is a drunk, a rapist, and extorts money. Some of the other leaders are power hungry as well. The story is about whether Susumu can find the life he wants as a samurai in such a corrupted setting.<br /><br />Besides the sword fighting, there is also plenty of power politics, and plotting in this film. It’s also full of historical references to real events with the climax being a famous confrontation between the Shinsengumi and the imperialists. Overall, very enjoyable Japanese period piece.<br />C
The movie title "Shinsengumi Chronicles: I Want To Die A Samurai," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.2 from 10 reviewers. 
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Raizo Ichikawa stars as a honest man, Susumu Yamazaki, who joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, Isami Kondo (Tomisaburo Wakayama), and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. But as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict..