Shogun's Samurai (1978)
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.
Director:
Kinji Fukasaku
Writers:
Kinji Fukasaku, Hirō Matsuda, Tatsuo Nogami.
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Kinnosuke Nakamura as Yagyu Tajima |
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Sonny Chiba as Jûbê Yagyû |
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Hiroki Matsukata as Iemitsu Tokugawa (Older Prince) |
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Teruhiko Saigō as Tadanaga Tokugawa (Younger Prince) |
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Reiko Ōhara as Okuni (Singer) |
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Yoshio Harada as Sanza Nagoya (Flute Player) |
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Isao Natsuyagi as Shozaemon Bekki |
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Mikio Narita as Ayamaro Karasumasu |
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Toshirō Mifune as Yoshinao Tokugawa |
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Hiroyuki Sanada as Hayate |
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Etsuko Shihomi as Yagyu Akane |
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Kentaro Kudo as Yagyu Matajuro |
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Jirô Chiba as Yagyu Samon |
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Hideo Murota as Sagenta Nogero |
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Mayumi Asano as Mon |
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Ichirō Nakatani as Gyobu Amano |
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Tetsuro Tamba as Ogasawara Gensinsai |
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Etsushi Takahashi as Matsudaira Izu |
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Sanae Nakahara as Lady Kusaga |
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Nobuo Kaneko as |
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Shinsuke Ashida as Chamberlain Doi |
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Isuzu Yamada as Oeyo |
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Seizō Fukumoto as Yukinojo Gensinsai |
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Nenji Kobayashi as Scarred Ronin |
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Harumi Sone as Ronin |
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Sen Yano as |
| Writing | Kinji Fukasaku | Screenplay |
| Editing | Isamu Ichida | Editor |
| Lighting | Kôzaburô Kitaguchi | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Hirō Matsuda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tatsuo Nogami | Screenplay |
| Directing | Kinji Fukasaku | Director |
| Art | Norimichi Igawa | Art Direction |
| Camera | Tôru Nakajima | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Toshiaki Tsushima | Original Music Composer |
