Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
柳生一族の陰謀1978
- Kinji Fukasaku
- 2h 10m
- January 21, 1978 · Japan
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 21, 1978
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toei Company
- Cast
- Toshirō Mifune,Yoshio Harada,Kinnosuke Nakamura,Isao Natsuyagi,Sonny Chiba,Sen Yano,Nenji Kobayashi,Jirô Chiba,Kentaro Kudo,Tetsuro Tambaand 16 more
- Director
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Cinematography
- Tôru Nakajima
- Music
- Toshiaki Tsushima
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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