145 minutes
1/1/1990
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
Toru Nakamura
as Musasabi no Genta
Akira Nakao
as Kuroda Tsunamasa
Yuuko Nitou
Ken Ogata
as The narrator
Yoshiko Sakuma
as Lady Okoi
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Aoi Shingo
Kei Satō
as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami
Tappei Shimokawa
Kantarō Suga
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