Film · Drama, Action, Adventure
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978)
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
- Director
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Writers
- Kinji Fukasaku, Tatsuo Nogami, Hirō Matsuda
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- January 21, 1978
- Original title
- 柳生一族の陰謀
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy cast
Kinnosuke NakamuraYagyu Tajima
Sonny ChibaJûbê Yagyû
Hiroki MatsukataIemitsu Tokugawa (Older Prince)
Teruhiko SaigōTadanaga Tokugawa (Younger Prince)
Reiko ŌharaOkuni (Singer)
Yoshio HaradaSanza Nagoya (Flute Player)
Isao NatsuyagiShozaemon Bekki
Mikio NaritaAyamaro Karasumasu
Toshirō MifuneYoshinao Tokugawa
Hiroyuki SanadaHayate
Etsuko ShihomiYagyu Akane
Kentaro KudoYagyu Matajuro
Jirô ChibaYagyu Samon
Hideo MurotaSagenta Nogero- Mayumi AsanoMon
Ichirō NakataniGyobu Amano
Tetsuro TambaOgasawara Gensinsai
Etsushi TakahashiMatsudaira Izu
Sanae NakaharaLady Kusaga
Nobuo Kaneko
