Shôgun Iemitsu no ranshin - Gekitotsu (1989)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Ken Ogata	...	Igo Gyobu
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Norihito Arai	...	Koori Deneemon
	Toshihiro Asari	...	Sobue Iori
	Sonny Chiba	...	Iba Shoemon
	Seizô Fukumoto
	Miyuki Kanou	...	Yajima no Tsubone
	Masaki Kyômoto	...	Tokugawa Iemitsu
	Hiroki Matsukata	...	Abe Shigetsugu
	Takeshi Maya	...	Hotta Masatoshi
	Hiroyuki Nagato	...	Tagaya Rokubee
	Masataka Naruse	...	Domon Genzaburo
	Sayoko Ninomiya	...	Oman no Kata
	Yûji Oda	...	Tobe Saheiji
	Hu Jian Qiang	...	Shishi Jingoemon
	Ippei Shigeyama	...	Takechiyo

Storyline

Iemitsu, Tokugawa Shogun III, hates his eldest son Takechiyo; all his love is given to his younger son Tokumatsu. One day, he orders Takechiyo to an initiation rite in Yedo (today's Tokio). Takechiyo lives far away under the surveillance of Hotta Masamori, head of the Skura clan, where he was also raised. Hotta does suspect some kind of treachery, but he can not ignore the direct command of the Shogun. Therefore, he starts on his travel with Takechiyo and seven accompanying samurais. A large army under the command of Iba Shoemon, a vassal of the Shogun, attacks their night camp in the vicinity of a copper mine. Hotta dies in this first battle, but Takechiyo and the samurai manage to escape. They are chased by the army, and several skirmishes between the small force and the larger army follow. Written by Guido Roessling <dida@pu.informatik.th-darmstadt.de>  

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