📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
Japanese
📆 Date Released:
1978-01-21
⌚ Running Time:
130 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.0
Beloved Cast
Yagyu Tajima
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Jûbê Yagyû
Sonny Chiba
Iemitsu Tokugawa (Older Prince)
Hiroki Matsukata
Tadanaga Tokugawa (Younger Prince)
Teruhiko Saigō
Okuni (Singer)
Reiko Ōhara
Sanza Nagoya (Flute Player)
Yoshio Harada
Shozaemon Bekki
Isao Natsuyagi
Ayamaro Karasumasu
Mikio Narita
Yoshinao Tokugawa
Toshirō Mifune
Hayate
Hiroyuki Sanada
Yagyu Akane
Etsuko Shihomi
Yagyu Matajuro
Kentaro Kudo
Yagyu Samon
Jirô Chiba
Sagenta Nogero
Hideo Murota
Mon
Mayumi Asano
Gyobu Amano
Ichirō Nakatani
Ogasawara Gensinsai
Tetsuro Tamba
Matsudaira Izu
Etsushi Takahashi
Lady Kusaga
Sanae Nakahara
Nobuo Kaneko
Chamberlain Doi
Shinsuke Ashida
Oeyo
Isuzu Yamada
Yukinojo Gensinsai
Seizō Fukumoto
Scarred Ronin
Nenji Kobayashi
Ronin
Harumi Sone
Sen Yano
