Shinsengumi!

Shinsengumi!
Written by	Kōki Mitani
Starring	Shingo Katori Koji Yamamoto
Theme music composer	Junichi Hirokami
Opening theme	John Ken Nuzzo and NHK Symphony Orchestra
Composer	Takayuki Hattori
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	50 (49 + New Year's Special, 2006)
Production
Executive producer	Koji Yoshikawa
Running time	approx. 43 min.
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 11 – December 12, 2004

Shinsengumi! (新選組!) is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about shinsengumi, the Japanese special police from the Shogun 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

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
• Taro Yamamoto as Harada Sanosuke
• Masato Sakai as Yamanami Keisuke
• Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Nagakura Shinpachi
• Takashi Kobayashi as Inoue Genzaburō

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