Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo

Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo (2026) is a action & adventure series rated 9.2/10.

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.

Cast

Yuki Yamada

Toshizo Hijikata

Nobuyuki Suzuki

Isamu Kondo

Aoi Nakamura

Keisuke Yamanami

Kanata Hosoda

Souji Okita

Shuhei Uesugi

Shinpachi Nagakura

Kisetsu Fujiwara

Hajime Saitou

Yosuke Sugino

Eisaburou Abiru

Shuntaro Yanagi

Sanosuke Harada

Shuto Miyazaki

Heisuke Toudou

Ryôji Nakamura

Genzaburou Inoue

Go Ayano

Kamo Serizawa