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Shogun's Samurai (1978)

Name: Shogun's Samurai
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure
Released: 1978-01-21
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sonny Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Teruhiko Saigō, Reiko Ōhara

130 min · Japan · Dir. Kinji Fukasaku

Action Drama Adventure 1978 movies

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.