Juichinin No Zokugun is a fantastic throwback to the period action genre of old!
Following my reason blog posts, especially the one regarding 2010's excellent Sword of Desperation, I wanted to try and find a decent, more recent period action movie, whether that be ronin or samurai, etc. As luck would have it, I stumbled across Kazuya Shiraishi's Juichinin No Zokugun, a period action movie released in 2024 and set within the Boshin war time period. After having watched the movie, I can state with zero hesitation that I absolutely loved it. As previously mentioned, the setting of the movie is within the confines of the Boshin war period, the year 1868 specifically. As the Imperial Army advances on the Shibata clan, a plan is hatched that involves a ragtag band of criminals. These criminals are turned into what is labelled a suicide squad and are tasked with defending a fortress from the advancing Imperial army. With outdated equipment and weapons, the squad must hold off quite the sizable force whilst having few numbers. Whilst the movie is titled 11 Rebels...
