Byakkotai

Overview

Byakkotai was part of Aizu's four-unit military, set up in the domain's drive to finalize its military modernization, in the wake of the Battle of Toba-Fushimi. The other three units were Genbutai, Seiryūtai, and Suzakutai. Each of the four was named after the protecting gods of compass directions. Byakkotai was meant to be a reserve unit, as it was composed of the young teenage 16 to 17 year old sons of Aizu samurai in a group around 350, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869)

Cast

Hisaya Morishige

Inoue Okazumi

Hirotaro Honda

Sagawa Kanbee

Youki Kudoh

Inoue Yumiko

Ryoko Sakaguchi

Chikako

Kōtarō Satomi

Saigo Tanomo

Tetsuro Tamba

Jinbo Kuranosuke

Masaomi Kondo

Hijikata Toshizo

Hisano Yamaoka

Inoue Tomeko

Masatoshi Nakamura

Sakamoto Ryoma

Kimiko Ikegami

Jinbo Yukiko

Isao Natsuyagi

Kondo Isami

Morio Kazama

Matsudaira Katamori