Shogun's Samurai
1978Following 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.
Acted in
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Yagyu Tajima
Sonny Chiba
as Jûbê Yagyû
Hiroki Matsukata
as Iemitsu Tokugawa (Older Prince)
Teruhiko Saigō
as Tadanaga Tokugawa (Younger Prince)
Reiko Ōhara
as Okuni (Singer)
Yoshio Harada
as Sanza Nagoya (Flute Player)
Isao Natsuyagi
as Shozaemon Bekki
Mikio Narita
as Ayamaro Karasumasu
Toshirō Mifune
as Yoshinao Tokugawa
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Hayate
Etsuko Shihomi
as Yagyu Akane
Kentaro Kudo
as Yagyu Matajuro
Jirô Chiba
as Yagyu Samon
Hideo Murota
as Sagenta Nogero
Mayumi Asano
as Mon
Ichirō Nakatani
as Gyobu Amano
Tetsuro Tamba
as Ogasawara Gensinsai
Etsushi Takahashi
as Matsudaira Izu
Sanae Nakahara
as Lady Kusaga
Nobuo Kaneko
Shinsuke Ashida
as Chamberlain Doi
Isuzu Yamada
as Oeyo
Seizō Fukumoto
as Yukinojo Gensinsai
Nenji Kobayashi
as Scarred Ronin
Harumi Sone
as Ronin
Sen Yano