Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Fateful Showdown in Kyoto (Season 1)

Song of the Samurai: Fateful Showdown in Kyoto (2026) is a Japanese action series you can watch online on iFILM. Set in late Edo-period Kyoto, it follows Hijikata Toshizo — played by Yuki Yamada — as the Mibu Roshigumi, the group that would become the Shinsengumi, fractures from within.

The fracture is Serizawa Kamo: a brutal faction leader whose grip on the unit is tearing it apart. Hijikata decides the only way to hold things together is to become harder and colder than anything threatening them — to be the demon the moment requires. The internal struggle escalates until the final confrontation in Shimabara. The age of the sword ends here.

Directed by Yosuke Okuda and Kazutaka Watanabe, adapted from the manga Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem. Stream Song of the Samurai (2026) online on iFILM.