Byakkotai

Name: Byakkotai
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986-12-30
Cast: Hisaya Morishige, Hirotaro Honda, Youki Kudoh, Ryoko Sakaguchi, Kōtarō Satomi

0.0First aired 1986-12-30Last aired 1987-12-31Status: Ended

Drama

Seasons: 1
Episodes: 2
Networks: Nippon TV

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)