EndedNippon TV1986-12-30

Byakkotai

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

白虎隊

Drama

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Nippon TV

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First aired

1986-12-30

Last aired

1987-12-31

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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)