Shogun's Samurai
Shogun's Samurai, known in Japan as The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (Japanese: 柳生一族の陰謀, Hepburn: Yagyū Ichizoku no Inbō), is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed and co-written by Kinji Fukasaku. The film is the first of two unrelated Fukasaku films to star Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba as Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū, the other being Samurai Reincarnation.
| Shogun's Samurai | |
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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Written by | Kinji Fukasaku Tatsuo Nogami Hirō Matsuda |
| Starring | Kinnosuke Yorozuya Shinichi Chiba Hiroki Matsukata |
| Cinematography | Norimichi Ikawa |
| Music by | Toshiaki Tsushima |
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| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The film was adapted into a 39-episode TV series, The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978–1979), and two TV film remakes were released in 2008 and 2020.
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