Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special (1985)
When the seventh shogun, Ietsugu died, shogunate officials chose Yoshimune, Lord of Kishu, to succeed him. Since then Yoshimune has led a double life.In court he remains a dedicated leader, but outside he travels incognito as a wandering swordsman, seeking out crime and corruption. With his trusted friends and his ninja, he’ll expose anyone who perverts the shogun’s justice and oppresses his people and he’ll ruthlessly put them down with his lightning-fast sword. But since he became shogun, many high-placed officials look on with jealousy, and long to destroy him. One such man, Lord Owari, tries to unseat Yoshimune by exposing his mother as a practitioner of an outlaw religion, Christianity, an offense punishable by crucifixion!
Director:
Taishi Arai
Writer:
Taishi Arai
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Ken Matsudaira as |
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Saburo Kitajima as |
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Tamao Nakamura as |
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Tadashi Yokouchi as |
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Ichirō Arishima as |
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Masumi Harukawa as |
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Mayumi Asaka as |
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Shigeru Araki as |
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Misako Kimura as |
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Daisuke Awaji as |
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Shigeru Inoue as |
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Kōichi Tanizaki as |
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Junko Mihara as |
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Akira Nakao as |
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Shinsuke Mikimoto as |
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Kyuzo Kawabe as |
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Shinji Tôdô as |
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Gō Haraguchi as |
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Yasuhiro Suzuki as |
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Ken Izumi as |
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Yasuyo Matsumura as |
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Mizue Nanjō as |
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Kayo Ogura as |
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Kojin Tokuda as |
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Yoshiki Yamada as |
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松村真美 as |
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国枝伸之介 as |
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田庭崇 as |
| Directing | Taishi Arai | Director |
| Writing | Taishi Arai | Screenplay |
| Directing | Tōru Dobashi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Shunsuke Kikuchi | Music |