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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Yuko AsanoOkoma
Sonny ChibaUmei Tamon
Kimiko IkegamiOkiku
Morio KazamaYagyu Shinzaburo
Minoru ŌkiYagyu Tajima
Taketoshi NaitōCast
Toru NakamuraMusasabi no Genta
Akira NakaoKuroda Tsunamasa
Yuuko NitouCast
Ken OgataThe narrator
Yoshiko SakumaLady OkoiExplore the crew
- Director
- Hitoshi Ōzu
- Original Music Composer
- Shunsuke Kikuchi
- Director of Photography
- Hideo Fujii
- Editor
- Yajima Toshiyuki
- Screenplay
- Norifumi Suzuki
- Screenplay
- Seiko Shimura