Genre: Drama
Runtime: 145 min
Average vote: 0
Release date: 1990-01-01
Director: Hitoshi Ōzu
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle in a series of duels that could change the destiny of Japan.
Yuko Asano
as
Okoma
Sonny Chiba
as
Umei Tamon
Kimiko Ikegami
as
Okiku
Morio Kazama
as
Yagyu Shinzabu...
Chiaki Matsuba...
as
Onui
Minoru Ōki
as
Yagyu Tajima
Taketoshi Naitō
Toru Nakamura
as
Musasabi no Ge...
Akira Nakao
as
Kuroda Tsunama...
Yuuko Nitou
Ken Ogata
as
The narrator
Yoshiko Sakuma
as
Lady Okoi
Hiroyuki Sanada
as
Aoi Shingo
Kei Satō
as
Inoue Kawachi-...
Tappei Shimoka...
Kantarō Suga
Miyuki Sugiura
as
Princess Aya
Tomisaburō Wak...
as
Takeda Ishin
Katsuhiko Wata...
as
Kuze Yamato-no...
Takashi Yamagu...
as
Tokugawa Yoshi...
Shun Ōide
as
Mazaki Shozabu...
Miki Morita
as
Princess Yuki