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.
Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure
Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sonny Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Teruhiko Saigō, Reiko Ōhara, Yoshio Harada
Crew: Kinji Fukasaku (Screenplay), Tatsuo Nogami (Screenplay), Isamu Ichida (Editor), Kôzaburô Kitaguchi (Lighting Technician), Hiro Matsuda (Screenplay), Kinji Fukasaku (Director)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Toei Company
Runtime: 130 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 21, 1978
IMDb: 4
