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

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