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.
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Kinnosuke Nakamura as Yagyu Tajima
Sonny Chiba as Jûbê Yagyû
Hiroki Matsukata as Iemitsu Tokugawa (Older Prince)
Teruhiko Saigō as Tadanaga Tokugawa (Younger Prince)
Reiko Ōhara as Okuni (Singer)
Yoshio Harada as Sanza Nagoya (Flute Player)
Isao Natsuyagi as Shozaemon Bekki
Mikio Narita as Ayamaro Karasumasu
Toshirō Mifune as Yoshinao Tokugawa
Hiroyuki Sanada as Hayate
Etsuko Shihomi as Yagyu Akane
Kentaro Kudo as Yagyu Matajuro
Jirô Chiba as Yagyu Samon
Hideo Murota as Sagenta Nogero
Mayumi Asano as Mon
Ichirō Nakatani as Gyobu Amano
Tetsuro Tamba as Ogasawara Gensinsai
Etsushi Takahashi as Matsudaira Izu
Sanae Nakahara as Lady Kusaga
Nobuo Kaneko as
Shinsuke Ashida as Chamberlain Doi
Isuzu Yamada as Oeyo
Seizō Fukumoto as Yukinojo Gensinsai
Nenji Kobayashi as Scarred Ronin
Harumi Sone as Ronin
Sen Yano as
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