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Shogun's Samurai
DVD cover
Directed by	Kinji Fukasaku
Starring	Sonny Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tetsuro Tanba, Toshirō Mifune, Kinnosuke Nakamura
Release date(s)	1978
Running time	130 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Shogun's Samurai (柳生一族の陰謀, Yagu ichizoku no inbō ^?) also "Intrigue of the Yagyu clan" and "Yagyu Clan Conspiracy," is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The film is one of a series of period films by Fukasaku starring Sonny Chiba as Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi.

Sonny Chiba as Yagyū Jubei

The film received five Japan Academy Prize nominations for best actor, best art direction, best film, best screenplay and best supporting actor.[1]

Cast

• Sonny Chiba ... Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
• Etsuko Shihomi ... Yagyū Akane
• Yoshio Harada ... Nagoya Sansaburō
• Hiroki Matsukata ... Tokugawa Iemitsu
• Toshirō Mifune ... Tokugawa Yoshinao
• Kinnosuke Nakamura ... Yagyū Tajima Munenori
• Hiroyuki Sanada ... Hayate
• Tetsuro Tamba ... Ogasawara Genshinsai
• Teruhiko Saigō ... Tokugawa Tadanaga

External links

• Shogun's Samurai at the Internet Movie Database
• Trailer for Shogun's Samurai: [2]