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Sakurada Gate Incident Summary

The Sakurada Gate Incident recounts the story of Mito Domain Samurai coming off house arrest named Seki Tetsunosuke (played by Osawa Takao). He along with other prominent Mito Clansmen are tasked to assassinate the Tairo (Great Elder) Ii Naosuke (played by Ibu Masato) who in the Shogun Iesada's absence has signed treaties without Imperial Consent with the Americans in the Treaty of Amity & Commerce in order to head off Japan's most imminent threat to Japan that has sent the county into crisis. By entering into the unequal agreement with the Americans Ii Naosuke committed the crime of violating the Mikado's law (Emperor Komei). In response to such outrage the Mito Domain informed the Imperial Court and sought sanction. An Imperial Writ from the Mikado was given directly by the court to the Mito breaking the protocol which angered the Bakufu (Shogunal Government) in Edo. This resulted in the Ansei Purge - Ii Naosuke's reign of terror that resulted in over 100 arrests and eight ... Written by Louis E. Rosas

Sakurada Gate Incident Cast

• Takao Osawa
• Kyoko Hasegawa
• Minosuke Bandô
• Akira Emoto
• Takaaki Enoki
• Hirotarô Honda
• Masatô Ibu
• Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
• Seishirô Katô
• Yukiya Kitamura
• Kin'ya Kitaôji
• Yuri Nakamura
• Katsuhisa Namase
• Arisa Nishida
• Masahiko Nishimura