Name: Shogun's Samurai
Released: 1978-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Sonny Chiba, Sô Yamamura, Etsuko Shihomi

Shogun's Samurai

TV Show · Drama · Action

Following the massive success of the 1978 movie version, this TV series is newly produced by returning faces such as Director Kinji Fukasaku and actors Shinichi Sonny Chiba and Kinnosuke Yorozuya. After the death of the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada, his sons Iemitsu and Tadanaga shed family blood over the succession of the dynasty...

1978 · 46m

Starring Sonny Chiba, Sô Yamamura, Etsuko Shihomi

Director Kinji Fukasaku, Akinori Matsuo

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

After the death of the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada, his sons Iemitsu and Tadanaga shed family blood over the succession of the dynasty.

46m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

The fierce battle between Iemitsu and Tadanaga is getting more heated; Jubei leads a team on an ambush, which turns out to be a trap with dire consequences.

46m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Juubei has recovered from his wounds and rejoined his family; the battle between Iemitsu and Tadanaga finally reaches its climax.

46m
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Iemitsu has been instated as Shogun, but there are still forces that want to target him; the Yagyus must now protect him from a ruthless ninja clan known as The Onibis.

46m
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Under the strict rule of the new Shogun, many samurais were suddenly outcast and became Ronins; a group of rogue Ronins kept an inn under hostage in a plot to overthrow the current shogunate.

46m
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

Iemitsu attempts to solidify the bond between the shogunate and the imperial court by offering his sister to be the consort of the emperor.

46m