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Shogun's Samurai is a 1978 Japanese jidaigeki, or historical period film, directed and co-written by Kinji Fukasaku for Toei. Known in Japan as The Yagyu Conspiracy, it dramatizes a succession struggle in the early Tokugawa shogunate and places the Yagyu family within the conflict over the two Tokugawa princes. The cast includes Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sonny Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Tetsuro Tamba. The film is for viewers studying Japanese historical cinema, chanbara, and Fukasaku's ensemble storytelling.
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What is Shogun's Samurai about?
Shogun's Samurai is a 1978 Japanese jidaigeki about a succession struggle in the early Tokugawa shogunate. It places the Yagyu family at the center of the political and martial conflict.
What is the Japanese title of Shogun's Samurai?
The film is known in Japan as The Yagyu Conspiracy. Its story draws on the power struggles surrounding the Tokugawa succession and the Yagyu family's involvement.
Who directed Shogun's Samurai?
Kinji Fukasaku directed and co-wrote the film for Toei. Fukasaku's direction gives the period drama a hard-edged political and action style.
What kind of film is Shogun's Samurai?
It is a jidaigeki, a Japanese historical period film. The story combines samurai combat, family power politics, and the succession crisis of the early Tokugawa shogunate.
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