Byakkotai
Byakkotai was part of Aizu's four-unit military, set up in the domain's drive to finalize its military modernization, in the wake of the Battle of Toba-Fushimi. The other three units were Genbutai, Seiryūtai, and Suzakutai. Each of the four was named after the protecting gods of compass directions. Byakkotai was meant to be a reserve unit, as it was composed of the young teenage 16 to 17 year old sons of Aizu samurai in a group around 350, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869)
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Cast
Hisaya Morishige
as Inoue Okazumi
Hirotaro Honda
as Sagawa Kanbee
Youki Kudoh
as Inoue Yumiko
Ryoko Sakaguchi
as Chikako
Kōtarō Satomi
as Saigo Tanomo
Tetsuro Tamba
as Jinbo Kuranosuke
Masaomi Kondo
as Hijikata Toshizo
Hisano Yamaoka
as Inoue Tomeko
Masatoshi Nakamura
as Sakamoto Ryoma
Kimiko Ikegami
as Jinbo Yukiko
