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Intrigue in the Bakumatsu: Irohanihoheto

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The Shogunate is in its final years, and war is fast approaching. When Akizuki Yojiro, a dark and mysterious mercenary, nears something supernatural with some kind of importance to him, the ornament on the end of his sword hilt waves in its direction, his eyes glow mysteriously, and he is driven to go after it. He comes across a traveling theater group who is out for revenge for the killing of the parents of the group's leader, and whose mysterious playwright likes to secretly help along events of history. Yojiro joins them to lend them his skill against their enemies, while dark conspiracy continues to follow behind him.

Year

2006

IMDb

6.8

Hero Poster

Cast

YÔ

Yoshimitsu Ôhashi

Director

RT

Ryōsuke Takahashi

Director

Jun'ichi Suwabe

Kozo Shiranui

Cast

YÔ

Yoshimitsu Ôhashi

Director

RT

Ryōsuke Takahashi

Director

Jun'ichi Suwabe

Kozo Shiranui

HH

Houston Hayes

Yojiro Akizuki

Fuminori Morisada

Kai Shimada

Fuminori Morisada

Kazue Soma

Tiffany Grant

Oryo

Genevieve Simmons

Additional Voices

Genevieve Simmons

Female Entertainer 2

Genevieve Simmons

Geisha 2

Leraldo Anzaldua

Soji Okita

Leraldo Anzaldua

Additional Voices

BL

Bobby Linhart

Additional Voices

BL

Bobby Linhart

Hanjiro Nakamura

TY

Tarô Yamaguchi

Gengo Koga

TY

Tarô Yamaguchi

Soldier 1

Josh Grelle

Kyunosuke Masumitsu

Josh Grelle

Foreigner 2

Josh Grelle

Additional Voices

Brittney Karbowski

Kobako

David Matranga

Shiranui-Kozo

Greg Ayres

Ebisu no Zukin

John Swasey

Jubei Nakaiya

David Wald

Kaishu Katsu

Emily Neves

Kakunojo Yuyama

Chris Ayres

Tesshu Yamaoka

Chris Ayres

Additional Voices

Andrew Love

Ryoma Sakamoto

Rob Mungle

Takamori Saigo

JM

Junichi Miyashita

Writer

RT

Ryōsuke Takahashi

Writer

YS

Yasuyuki Suzuki

Writer

SY

Shin Yoshida

Writer

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Amber RayOct 12, 2025

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Sandra GyasiJul 25, 2025

The shogunate era is coming to an end with the rifle and gunpowder. Though many samurai thought their world would endure another thousand years with the sword, it became unlikely through America's and Britains brash involvement of introducing the gun. Faced with oblivion, the wandering Samurai and odd Ronin must face their new great enemy and threat head on. Yet within this turmoil of power and greed, a mysterious Ronin Akizuki Yojiro is on the hunt for a dreaded cursed head which he must destroy at all costs, or have the peaceful lands of japan fall into chaos. Using his sword as a guide with a talisman on the hilt, it points in the direction to what he is seeking. His eyes are also a dead giveaway which glow, yet his hidden powers come from the head itself. Through his ordeals he faces other opponents who hide in the dark shadows to make sure he does not succeed. But for his ambitious treks, he falls in the middle of a travelling theatre group who puts on plays for the public to hear of the rash shortcomings of the palaces scandals. The leader of this troupe Yuyama Kakunojo puts herself in grave danger with each production her script writer (Ibaragi Sotetsu) develops. With this in mind, Akizuki now keeps his new found friends safe at the same time he is on the lookout for the fabled head. Thrust into the scenes are other members who had faced such past turmoils with Yuyama to call it revenge and thus all are involved in one way or another. But to defeat a new shadow Akizuki must find the head in order for the palace to fall once and for all. If not, then the western powers who use the head to gain monetary riches will win. I like the fact that this series was taken place during the near ending of the Edo period. To see samurai's use their swords with accuracy, poise, and pride. It is not often to see such a good show use the theatre as well to mix in with the actual story line. The music, battles, and the mind bending twists and turns will give the audience something to really hold onto. I found this a refreshing anime, great characters, excellent fights, and how the characters use the theatre to tell their story which puts their own lives in mortal danger from conniving wolves lurking in the dark. Recommended to those fifteen and over, not for those under that age for violence, and some cursing.

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