Shogun's Samurai
| Shogun's samurai | |
|---|---|
 Region 1 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Written by |
Kinji Fukasaku Tatsuo Nogami Hirō Matsuda |
| Starring |
Kinnosuke Yorozuya Shinichi Chiba Hiroki Matsukata |
| Music by | Toshiaki Tsushima |
| Cinematography | Norimichi Ikawa |
| Distributed by | Toei Company, Ltd. |
Release dates | 1978 |
Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Shogun's samurai (柳生一族の陰謀 Yagyū Ichizoku no Inbō), also known as "The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy" and "Intrigue of the Yagyu Clan", is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
Plot
The film is the first of two period films by Fukasaku starring Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba as Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū, the other being Samurai Reincarnation. The film received five Japan Academy Prize nominations for best actor (Kinnosuke Yorozuya), best art direction (Norimichi Ikawa), best film, best screenplay (Kinji Fukasaku, Tatsuo Nogami, Hirō Matsuda), and best supporting actor (Shinichi Chiba).. The movie became a teleplay and was broadcast by Kansai Telecasting Corporation for 39 one-hour TV episodes from 1978 to 1979. It is called The Yagyu Conspiracy (柳生一族の陰謀 Yagyū Ichizoku no Inbō).
Cast
- Kinnosuke Yorozuya as Tajima-no-kami Munenori Yagyū
- Shinichi Chiba as Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū
- Hiroki Matsukata as Iemitsu Tokugawa
- Teruhiko Saigō as Tadanaga Tokugawa
- Reiko Ohara as Izumo no Okuni
- Yoshio Harada as Sanzaburō Nagoya
- Etsuko Shihomi as Akane Yagyū
- Kentaro Kudo as Matajūrō Munefuyu Yagyū
- Jirō Yabuki as Samon Tomonori Yagyū
- Hideo Murota as Sagenta Negoro
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Hayate
- Mayumi Asano as Man
- Ichirō Nakatani as Gyōbu Amano
- Tetsuro Tamba as Genshinsai Ogasawara
- Etsushi Takahashi as Izu-no-kami Nobutsuna Matsudaira
- Isao Natsuyagi as Shōzaemon Bekki
- Mikio Narita as Shōshō Ayamaro Karasuma
- Sanae Nakahara as Lady Kasuga
- Nobuo Kaneko as Kanpaku Michifusa Kujō
- Shinsuke Ashida as Oi-no-kami Toshikatsu Doi
- Isuzu Yamada as Sūgenin Oeyo
- Toshirō Mifune as Yoshinao Tokugawa