backdrop Shogun's Samurai

Original title

柳生一族の陰謀

Status: Released

Runtime:

130 minutes

Release date

1978-01-21

IMDB ID tt0078513

WikiData ID Q1074882

TMDB ID 34546

Original language ja

Description

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.

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Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

  • 1939-01-23

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Hiroki Matsukata

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  • 1942-07-23

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Yoshio Harada

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  • 1940-02-29

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Mikio Narita

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  • 1935-01-31

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Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1920-04-02

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Hiroyuki Sanada

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  • 1960-10-12

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Etsuko Shihomi

Etsuko Shihomi

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  • 1955-10-29

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Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

  • 1937-10-07

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Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

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  • 1930-10-15

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Tetsuro Tamba

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  • 1922-07-17

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Seizō Fukumoto

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  • 1943-02-03

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Nenji Kobayashi

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  • 1941-02-07

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Harumi Sone

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  • 1937-09-05

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