
A live-action adaptation that translates this deep legacy to the screen. Set in Kyoto at the end of the Edo period, the story depicts the intense and passionate lives of the Shinsengumi - the iconic samurai force that defended Kyoto in the final years of Japan's shogunate - through spectacular action and a bold interpretation based on historical facts. The story follows street brawler Toshizo Hijikata (Yuki Yamada), who finds a new kind of family in Isami Kondo and Soji Okita. Hijikata and his comrades in the Shinsengumi forge a bond of loyalty - tested by betrayal, illness, and war - as they fight not only their enemies but their own ideals.
StatusEnded
TypeMiniseries
Original LanguageJapanese
Network

Miniseries of Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo premiered on March 26, 2026

山田裕貴
Toshizo Hijikata

鈴木伸之
Isamu Kondo

中村蒼
Keisuke Yamanami

細田佳央太
Souji Okita

上杉柊平
Shinpachi Nagakura