
01/01/1990
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 Shinzaburo

Chiaki Matsubara
as Onui

Minoru Ōki
as Yagyu Tajima

Taketoshi Naitō
as

Toru Nakamura
as Musasabi no Genta

Akira Nakao
as Kuroda Tsunamasa

Yuuko Nitou
as

Ken Ogata
as The narrator

Yoshiko Sakuma
as Lady Okoi

Hiroyuki Sanada
as Aoi Shingo

Kei Satō
as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami

Tappei Shimokawa
as

Kantarō Suga
as

Miyuki Sugiura
as Princess Aya

Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Takeda Ishin

Katsuhiko Watabiki
as Kuze Yamato-no-kami

Takashi Yamaguchi
as Tokugawa Yoshimune

Shun Ōide
as Mazaki Shozaburo

Miki Morita
as Princess Yuki
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