The Great Shogunate Battle (1991)

6.8/10 113 min

Overview

The early days of the Tokugawa shogunate are brought to light in this exciting historical tale of broken vows and violent swordplay. In an ambush the heir to the shogun’s seat is brutally cut down by those who hope to install the emperor’s 5th son as military leader of the nation.

Cast

Hiroki Matsukata

Yukiyo Toake

Shinobu Sakagami

Tomokazu Miura

Takeshi Katō

Tetsuro Tamba

Nobuo Kaneko

Tokuma Nishioka

Kenichi Kaneda

Masaki Kanda

Kimiko Ikegami

Mami Nomura

Shigeru Kōyama

Sei Hiraizumi

Natsuko Fuji

Minken Karasawa

Shinjirō Ehara

Shun Ōide

Tappei Shimokawa

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