Shinsengumi!! Hijikata Toshizo saigo no ichi-nichi English Subtitles

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Hakodate, Goryokaku.

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The last stronghold of the Shogunate army.

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In October 1868, Tokugawa supporters landed in Ezo,

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drove the forces of the new government of Fort Goryokaku and installed in Ezo, their rules.

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Wanting to create a state independent of Japan, they chose Enomoto Takeaki as their President,

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Ootori of Keisuke Minister of war, and Hijikata Toshizo - his assistant.

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However, the new government soon launched a counter-offensive,

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and by may 1869 the city of Hakodate and the surrounding area of Gorekaku

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remained the last stronghold of people who remained loyal to the shogun.

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May 1969 (second year of the Meiji era)