Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo
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Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo

★ 9.2/10 TMDB Premiered 2026-03-26 1 season 2 eps

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.

Last Episode Aired 2026-03-27
S1E2 — Farewell Youth, Meet the Demon⁩

In Kyoto, Hijikata confronts the ruthless Serizawa. Betrayal, loss, and the return of a friend-turned-assassin force him into a brutal new reality.

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Billed Cast
Yuki Yamada
Yuki Yamada
Toshizo Hijikata
Nobuyuki Suzuki
Nobuyuki Suzuki
Isamu Kondo
Aoi Nakamura
Aoi Nakamura
Keisuke Yamanami
Kanata Hosoda
Kanata Hosoda
Souji Okita
Shuhei Uesugi
Shuhei Uesugi
Shinpachi Nagakura
Kisetsu Fujiwara
Kisetsu Fujiwara
Hajime Saitou
Yosuke Sugino
Yosuke Sugino
Eisaburou Abiru
Shuntaro Yanagi
Shuntaro Yanagi
Sanosuke Harada
Shuto Miyazaki
Shuto Miyazaki
Heisuke Toudou
Ryôji Nakamura
Ryôji Nakamura
Genzaburou Inoue
Go Ayano
Go Ayano
Kamo Serizawa
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