
Kinji Fukasaku
Director


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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Kinji Fukasaku
Director

Shin'ichi Chiba
Yagyû Jûbê

Yoshio Harada
Sanza Nagoya (Flute Player)

Etsuko Shihomi
Yagyu Akane (Yagyu Sister)

Hideo Murota
Sagenta Nogero (Leader of Negoro Clan)

Hiroyuki Sanada
Hayate (Fighter of Negoro Clan)

Ichirô Nakatani
Gyobu Amano (Masterless Samurai)

Tetsurô Tanba
Ogasawara Gensinsai (Tajima's Rival)

Isao Natsuyagi
Shozaemon Bekki (Tadanaga's Retainer)

Mikio Narita
Ayamaro Karasumasu (Noble)

Hiroki Matsukata
Tokugawa Iemitsu (Older Prince)
Teruhiko Saigô
Tokugawa Tadanaga (Younger Prince)
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami Munenori

Reiko Ôhara
Okuni (Singer)
Jirô Yabuki
Yagyu Samon (Yagyu Brother)
Mayumi Asano
Mon (Fighter of Negoro Clan)

Etsushi Takahashi
Matsudaira Izu (Iemitsu's Chamberlain)
Kentarô Kudô
Yagyu Matajuro (Yagyu Brother)
Sanae Nakahara
Lady Kusaga (Iemitsu's Aid)

Kinji Fukasaku
Writer