Name: Song of the Samurai
Released: 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Yuki Yamada, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Aoi Nakamura

TV Show · Action · Drama

Follows the Shinsengumi samurai corps during late-Edo period Kyoto. Centred on former street brawler Toshizo Hijikata and his brotherhood with Kondo Isami and Okita Soji as loyalty, betrayal, and war test them.

2026 · 55m

Starring Yuki Yamada, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Aoi Nakamura

Director Kazutaka Watanabe

EPISODE 1

Blood Between Brothers

Follows the Shinsengumi samurai corps during late-Edo period Kyoto. Centred on former street brawler Toshizo Hijikata and his brotherhood with Kondo Isami and Okita Soji as loyalty, betrayal, and war test them.
EPISODE 2

The Broken Code

Follows the Shinsengumi samurai corps during late-Edo period Kyoto. Centred on former street brawler Toshizo Hijikata and his brotherhood with Kondo Isami and Okita Soji as loyalty, betrayal, and war test them.
EPISODE 3

The Death Pillar

Follows the Shinsengumi samurai corps during late-Edo period Kyoto. Centred on former street brawler Toshizo Hijikata and his brotherhood with Kondo Isami and Okita Soji as loyalty, betrayal, and war test them.
EPISODE 4

Resonance of Souls, and to the Final Battle

As Serizawa's violence spirals, Hijikata confronts the man he calls his shadow. They agree to settle everything in one last, deadly clash.
EPISODE 5

Path of Sacrifice

The unit charges headlong into the fray. As comrades fall in an attempt to clear the path, a wounded Hijikata entrusts their future to the prodigy, Okita.
EPISODE 6

Demon's End, Rising Thunder

Okita defeats Serizawa in a final showdown. As the age of swords ends, a new power, Shinsaku Takasugi, emerges before Hijikata and his brothers.