Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978)
Yagyû ichizoku no inbô
130 min
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.
- Release date
- January 21, 1978
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Kinnosuke Nakamura as Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami Munenori
- Shin'ichi Chiba as Yagyû Jûbê
- Hiroki Matsukata as Tokugawa Iemitsu (Older Prince)
- Teruhiko Saigō as Tokugawa Tadanaga (Younger Prince)
- Reiko Ôhara 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 (Yagyu Sister)
- Kentarô Kudô as Yagyu Matajuro (Yagyu Brother)
- Jirô Yabuki as Yagyu Samon (Yagyu Brother)
- Hideo Murota as Sagenta Nogero (Leader of Negoro Clan)
- Mayumi Asano as Mon
- Ichirô Nakatani as Gyobu Amano
- Tetsurō Tanba as Ogasawara Gensinsai
- Etsushi Takahashi as Matsudaira Izu
- Sanae Nakahara as Lady Kusaga
- Nobuo Kaneko
- Shinsuke Ashida as Chamberlain Doi
- Isuzu Yamada as Oeyo
- Seizô Fukumoto as Yukinojo Gensinsai
- Nenji Kobayashi as Scarred Ronin
- Harumi Sone as Ronin
- Sen Yano
Crew
- Kinji Fukasaku · Director
- Kinji Fukasaku · Writer
- Hirô Matsuda · Writer
- Tatsuo Nogami · Writer
- Toshiaki Tsushima · Composer
- Tôru Nakajima · Cinematographer