# List of Boshin War and Satsuma Rebellion films

Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Boshin War and Satsuma Rebellion. This list does not include documentaries, short films.

## 1920s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1926 | Empire of Japan | A sunny day and a cloudy day | 照る日くもる日 | Buntarō Futagawa Hôzô Nakajima Yoshinosuke Hitomi | Drama. Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |
| 1926 | Empire of Japan | A sunny day and a cloudy day | 照る日くもる日 | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Drama. Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |
| 1927 | Empire of Japan | A sunny day and a cloudy day | 照る日くもる日 | Jukô Takahashi | Drama. Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |

## 1930s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1930 | Empire of Japan | All-out attack on Edo Castle | 江戸城総攻め | Seika Shiba | Based on kabuki All-out attack on Edo Castle. |
| 1933 | Empire of Japan | First battle | 初陣 | Taizô Fuyushima | Byakkotai |
| 1937 | Empire of Japan | Shinsengumi | 新選組 | Sotoji Kimura | |

## 1940s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1940 | Empire of Japan | A sunny day and a cloudy day | 照る日くもる日 | Kumahiko Nishina | Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |
| 1941 | Empire of Japan | Last day of Edo | 江戸最後の日 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Drama, History. Based on the play Last day of Edo. |
| 1942 | Empire of Japan | Ōmura Masujirō | 大村益次郎 | Kazuo Mori | Biography. Based on a novel Ōmura Masujirō. Ōmura Masujirō |
| 1944 | Empire of Japan | Army | 陸軍 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Drama, War. Based on a novel Army. |

## 1950s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1952 | Japan | Shinsengumi Part 1 Kyo Raku Fuun no Maki, Part 2 Ikedaya Riot, Part 3 Magical Sword Ranbu | 新撰組 第一部京洛風雲の巻、第二部池田屋騒動、第三部魔剣乱舞 | Ryo Hagiwara | |
| 1954 | Japan | Shinsengumi Oni Captain | 新選組鬼隊長 | Toshikazu Kôno | Based on a novel Woman of fire. |
| 1954 | Japan | A sunny day and a cloudy day | 照る日くもる日 | Toshio Shimura | Drama. Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |
| 1954 | Japan | The Great White Tiger Platoon | 花の白虎隊 | Katsuhiko Tasaka | History, War. Byakkotai, Aizu Domain |
| 1958 | Japan | The Birth of Tokyo | 大東京誕生 大江戸の鐘 | Tatsuo Ôsone | |

## 1960s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1960 | Japan | A sunny day and a cloudy day | 照る日くもる日 | Kôkichi Uchide | Based on a novel A sunny day and a cloudy day. |
| 1961 | Japan | Fuun Shinsengumi | 風雲新撰組 | Masaki Môri | |
| 1963 | Japan | Shinsengumi Chronicles | 新選組始末記 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Drama. Based on a novel The Shinsengumi Disposal. Shinsengumi |
| 1963 | Japan | Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi | 新選組血風録 近藤勇 | Shigehiro Ozawa | Based on a novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku. |
| 1969 | Japan | Shinsengumi | 新撰組 | Tadashi Sawashima | Action, Adventure, Drama, History. Shinsengumi |
| 1969 | Japan | Red Lion | 赤毛 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Comedy. Sekihōtai |

## 1970s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1974 | Japan | The Last Swordsman | 沖田総司 | Masanobu Deme | Okita Sōji, Shinsengumi. |
| 1975 | Japan | Roar | 吶喊 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Comedy, Drama, War. |

## 1980s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1980 | Japan | Collapse of the Tokugawa clan | 徳川一族の崩壊 | Kōsaku Yamashita | Drama, History, War. Aizu Domain, Tokugawa shogunate. |
| 1981 | Japan | Why Not? | ええじゃないか | Shōhei Imamura | Drama. Ee ja nai ka, Social reform uprising |
| 1985 | Japan | The Dagger of Kamui | カムイの剣 | Rintaro | Animation, Action, Adventure. Based on a series of novels The Dagger of Kamui. |
| 1986 | Japan | Bakumatsu Youth Graffiti Ronin Ryoma Sakamoto | 幕末青春グラフィティ Ronin 坂本竜馬 | Yoshitaka Kawai | Action, Drama, Romance. |
| 1986 | Japan | Jazz Daimyo (Dixieland Daimyo) | ジャズ大名 | Kihachi Okamoto | Music, Comedy, Drama. Based on a novel Jazz Daimyo. |
| 1988 | Japan | Goryokaku | 五稜郭 | Kōsei Saitō | |

## 1990s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1991 | Japan | The Passage to Japan | 福沢諭吉 | Shinichiro Sawai | Drama. Fukuzawa Yukichi |
| 1999 | Japan France United Kingdom | Taboo | 御法度 | Nagisa Ōshima | Drama, History, Thriller. Based on a novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku. |

## 2000s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 2000 | Japan | Shinsengumi | 新選組 | Kon Ichikawa | Action, Animation. Based on the manga Shinsengumi. Shinsengumi |
| 2002 | Japan | The Twilight Samurai | たそがれ清兵衛 | Yoji Yamada | Drama, Romance. Based on a short story The Bamboo Sword. |
| 2002 | Japan | When the Last Sword Is Drawn | 壬生義士伝 | Yōjirō Takita | Drama, History. Based on a novel Mibu Gishi Biography. Kanichiro Yoshimura |
| 2004 | Japan | Toshizo Hijikata White Trail | 土方歳三 白の軌跡 | Chie Uratani | Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi. |
| 2004 | Japan | The Hidden Blade | 隠し剣 鬼の爪 | Yoji Yamada | Drama, History, Romance. Based on short stories Hidden sword. |
| 2006 | Japan | True Story Shinsengumi | 実録 新選組 | Hiroyuki Tsuji | Action. Shinsengumi |
| 2007 | Canada France Italy United Kingdom Japan United States | Silk | | François Girard | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Silk. |

## 2010s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 2012 | Japan | Rurouni Kenshin | るろうに剣心 | Keishi Ōtomo | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War. Based on the manga Rurouni Kenshin. |
| 2014 | Japan | Bakumatsu high school student | 幕末高校生 | Toshio Lee | Action. Based on the short story Remaining Snow. |
| 2015 | Japan | Joint funeral (Gassoh) | 合葬 | Tatsuo Kobayashi | Drama. Based on the manga Joint funeral. |

## 2020s

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 2020 | Japan | The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai | 峠 最後のサムライ | Takashi Koizumi | Drama, History. Based on a novel Mountain pass. Kawai Tsugunosuke |
| 2021 | Japan | Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning | るろうに剣心 最終章 | Keishi Ōtomo | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance. Based on the manga Rurouni Kenshin. |
| 2021 | Japan | Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai | 燃えよ剣 | Masato Harada | Action, Drama, History. Based on a novel Moeyo Ken. Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi. |

## Television films

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1961 | Japan | Fuun Shinsengumi/Isamu Kondo | 風雲新選組・近藤勇 | Masaki Mouri | |
| 1978 | Japan | Let the clouds fly | 雲を翔びこせ | Shin'ichi Kamoshita | Shibusawa Eiichi |
| 1985 | Japan | Atsuhime Tenshoin | 天璋院篤姫 | Kazuo Yamauchi | Based on a novel Atsuhime Tenshoin. Tenshō-in |
| 2002 | Japan | Mibu Gishiden ~The strongest man in the Shinsengumi~ | 壬生義士伝〜新選組でいちばん強かった男〜 | Shingo Matsubara Keiji Nagao | Drama, War. Based on a novel Mibu Gishi Biography. Kanichiro Yoshimura |
| 2003 | Japan | Did the master quit again? ~ Oguri Koenosuke, a famous magistrate at the end of the Edo period ~ | またも辞めたか亭主殿〜幕末の名奉行・小栗上野介〜 | Yoshiyuki Yoshimura | Based on a novel Did the master quit again? ~ Oguri Koenosuke, a famous magistrate at the end of the Edo period ~. Oguri Kozukenosuke |
| 2006 | Japan | Shinsengumi!! Toshizo Hijikata’s last day | 新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日 | | Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi |
| 2007 | Japan | Byakkotai | 白虎隊 | | Byakkotai |
| 2013 | Japan | Byakkotai ~Those who will not be defeated | 白虎隊〜敗れざる者たち | Toshihiko Shigemitsu | Saigō Tanomo, Aizu Domain, Byakkotai |

## TV series

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1961 | Japan | Kamigata Bushido | 上方武士道 | | |
| 1961 | Japan | The Shinsengumi Disposal | 新選組始末記 | | Based on a novel The Shinsengumi Disposal. Shinsengumi |
| 1965 | Japan | Shinsengumi Keppuroku | 新選組血風録 | Yasushi Sasaki Toshikazu Kôno Ikuo Takami | Based on a novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku. |
| 1965 | Japan | Burning White Tiger Corps | 燃ゆる白虎隊 | Nobuo Nakagawa Kiyoshi Saeki | Byakkotai |
| 1966 | Japan | Burn the sword | 燃えよ剣 | | Based on a novel Moeyo Ken. Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi. |
| 1967 | Japan | Three sisters | 三姉妹 | | |
| 1969 | Japan | Kamigata Bushido | 上方武士道 | Katsuhiko Tasaka | |
| 1970 | Japan | Kokushi -Namika Yukyoden- | 俄－浪華遊侠伝－ | Toshimasa Suzuki Yasuo Inoshita | Based on a novel Naniwa Yuukiden. |
| 1970 | Japan | Burn the sword | 燃えよ剣 | | Based on a novel Moeyo Ken. Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi. |
| 1973 | Japan | Shinsengumi | 新選組 | | Shinsengumi. |
| 1974 | Japan | Katsu Kaishū | 勝海舟 | | Drama. Based on a novel Katsu Kaishū. Katsu Kaishū |
| 1977 | Japan | The Shinsengumi Disposal | 新選組始末記 | | Based on a novel The Shinsengumi Disposal. Shinsengumi |
| 1977 | Japan | Bakumatsu futuristic person | 幕末未来人 | | Based on the short story Remaining Snow. |
| 1977 | Japan | Flower god | 花神 | | Based on a novels Flower god, Days of living in the world, The eleventh patriot, Pass, Drunk as a Lord. Ōmura Masujirō, Takasugi Shinsaku, Inaba Masami, Shōkasonjuku Academy. |
| 1980 | Japan | Age of lions | 獅子の時代 | | |
| 1986 | Japan | Byakkotai | 白虎隊 | Buichi Saitō | Byakkotai, Aizu Domain. |
| 1988 | Japan | Goryokaku | 五稜郭 | Kōsei Saitō | Enomoto Takeaki |
| 1989 | Japan | Kiheitai | 奇兵隊 | Buichi Saitō | |
| 1990 | Japan | Burn the sword | 燃えよ剣 | | Based on a novel Moeyo Ken. Hijikata Toshizō, Shinsengumi. |
| 1990 | Japan | Kaishu Katsu | 勝海舟 | | Katsu Kaishū |
| 1994 | Japan | Bakumatsu high school student | 幕末高校生 | Masato Tsujino Hoshi Mamoru | Based on the short story Remaining Snow. |
| 1998 | Japan | Yoshinobu Tokugawa | 徳川慶喜 | | Based on a novel The last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. Tokugawa Yoshinobu |
| 1998 | Japan | Shinsengumi Keppuroku | 新選組血風録 | Eiichi Kudo Kōsei Saitō Toshio Masuda Akinori Matsuo Umeo Minamino Naoki Uesugi | Drama. Based on a novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku. |
| 2000 | Japan | One string koto | 一絃の琴 | | Based on a novel One string koto. |
| 2000 | Japan | Tree in the Sun | 陽だまりの樹 | Gisaburō Sugii | Animation, Drama, History. Based on the manga Tree in the Sun. |
| 2004 | Japan | Shinsengumi! | 新選組! | | Drama, History, War. Kondō Isami, Shinsengumi. |
| 2006-7 | Japan | Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto | 幕末機関説 いろはにほへと | Ryôsuke Takahashi | Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance. |
| 2008 | Japan | Atsuhime | 篤姫 | Motohiko Sano | Drama, History. Based on a novel Atsuhime Tenshoin. Tenshō-in |
| 2010 | Japan | Hakuoki: Record of the Jade Blood | 薄桜鬼 碧血録 | | Based on a series of games Hakuoki. |
| 2011 | Japan | Shinsengumi Keppuroku | 新選組血風録 | | Based on a novel Shinsengumi Keppūroku. |
| 2012 | Japan | Tree in the Sun | 陽だまりの樹 | | Drama. Based on the manga Tree in the Sun. |
| 2013 | Japan | Yae's Sakura | 八重の桜 | | History. Niijima Yae |
| 2015 | Japan | Burning Flower | 花燃ゆ | Yoshio Watanabe Hajime Suenaga | Drama, History. Miwako Kadori |
| 2018 | Japan | Rokubei of Kuroshoin | 黒書院の六兵衛 | Toshio Lee | Based on a novel Rokubei of Kuroshoin. Fall of Edo |
| 2018 | Japan | Segodon | 西郷どん | Yūsuke Noda Makoto Bonkabara Takeshi Okada Yoshimi Ishizuka Yūsuke Horiuchi Keisuke Ōshima | Drama. Based on a novel Saigo Don!. Saigō Takamori |
| 2021 | Japan | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky | 青天を衝け | | Drama. Shibusawa Eiichi |

## Satsuma Rebellion
### Films

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1935 | Empire of Japan | Oyuki the Virgin | マリヤのお雪 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama, War. Based on a short story Boule de Suif and a play Join Bus. |
| 1938 | Empire of Japan | The Giant | 巨人傳 | Mansaku Itami | Drama. Based on a novel Les Misérables. |
| 1962 | Japan | Young warrior of tragic love | 悲恋の若武者 | Masaki Nishiyama | Based on single Young warrior of tragic love. |
| 2003 | United States New Zealand Japan | The Last Samurai | | Edward Zwick | Action, Drama. |
| 2010 | Japan | Hanjiro | 半次郎 | Shô Igarashi | Drama. Kirino Toshiaki |

### Television films

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1964 | Japan | Saigo bill | 西郷札 | Katsumi Yamada | Based on a short story Saigo bill. |
| 1991 | Japan | Seicho Matsumoto's 40th anniversary as a writer Saigo bill | 松本清張作家活動40周年記念 西郷札 | Susumu Ooka | Based on a short story Saigo bill. |

### TV Series

| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) | Original title (Original script) | Director | Subject |
| 1987 | Japan | Tabarazaka | 田原坂 | Buichi Saitō | Saigō Takamori |
| 1990 | Japan | As if to fly | 翔ぶが如く | | Based on a novel As if to fly. Saigō Takamori, Ōkubo Toshimichi |