Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
A docudrama series focusing on Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution through natural selection; it uses reconstruction of the 19th century with present day documentary.
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Director: Jason Bourque, Lisa Matthews
Actors: Anthony Simcoe, Dan Spielman, Donald MacDonald, Joe Manning, Mathew Waters, Paul Bertram, Paul Gleeson, Simon Bossell, Socratis Otto, Tim Hunter
Release: 1969
IMDb: 6.9
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