Kanei Chronicles (1991)
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From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of swords. But behind the match a bloodthirsty plot is born. Tokugawa Yorinobu, a corrupt shogunate official plans to assassinate Shogun Iemitsu and take his place. With scheming samurai Yui Shosetsu and ruthless Negoro ninja leader Genyusai, he plans to incite a ronin uprising and cut a bloody trail across Japan, with terrifying Chinese gunboats to back his play. Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, councilor and friend to the shogun, along with master swordsman Yagyu Jubei and ninja master Hanzo Hattori must stop Yui Shosetsu and his army of ronin and ninja assassins from tearing the country in half and taking over the government!
Director:
Kōsei Saitō
Writers:
Satoshi Kurumi, Ei Ogawa.
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Kōtarō Satomi as Izunokami Nobutsuna Matsudaira |
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Takaaki Enoki as Chuya Marubashi |
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Yumi Takigawa as Sawa |
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Misa Shimizu as Princess Kichi |
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Jun Miho as Yae |
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Shōhei Hino as Karasu no Jinnai |
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Renji Ishibashi as Genyusai Negoro |
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Kazunaga Tsuji as Hanzo Hattori |
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Tappei Shimokawa as Kokuseki Yamazaki |
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Katsumi Oyama as Shinzaemon Suetsugu |
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Masao Imafuku as Hikozaemon Okubo |
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Morio Kazama as Suruga Dainagon Tadanaga |
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Raita Ryu as Chobei Banzuiin |
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Gō Ibuki as Mataemon Araki |
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Ryô Kinomoto as Kojiro Sasaki |
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Nobuo Kawai as Bingo Mimtakino |
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Seiichirō Kameishi as Shimei Teii |
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Akira Nakao as Yorinobu Tokugawa |
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Toru Minegishi as Iemitsu Tokugawa |
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Isao Natsuyagi as Musashi Miyamoto |
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Go Wakabayashi as Jubei Yagyu |
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Teruhiko Saigō as Shosetsu Yui |
| Directing | Kōsei Saitō | Director |
| Writing | Renzaburō Shibata | Writer |
| Writing | Satoshi Kurumi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ei Ogawa | Screenplay |
| Sound | Shunsuke Kikuchi | Music |
