
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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