Overview

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.

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Cast

Yuko Asano

Okoma

Sonny Chiba

Umei Tamon

Kimiko Ikegami

Okiku

Morio Kazama

Yagyu Shinzaburo

Minoru Ōki

Yagyu Tajima

Taketoshi Naitō

Toru Nakamura

Musasabi no Genta

Akira Nakao

Kuroda Tsunamasa

Yuuko Nitou

Ken Ogata

The narrator

Yoshiko Sakuma

Lady Okoi

Hiroyuki Sanada

Aoi Shingo