Shoguns Samurai

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. 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 was adapted into a teleplay called The Yagyu Conspiracy (柳生一族の陰謀, Yagyū Ichizoku no Inbō) that was broadcast by Kansai Telecasting Corporation for 39 one-hour TV episodes from 1978 to 1979.

Contents

• Cast
• Accolades
• References

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

Accolades

The film received five Japan Academy Prize nominations, including 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).