The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls
1990 · 117 min
History · Action · Adventure · Drama
The first installment of this thrilling period drama special starring Matsukata Hiroki. Jubei fights to the death to protect the targeted Yagyu martial arts register. Set in the Edo period, shortly after Iemitsu became the third shogun, rumors spread within the shogunate that the register of the Yagyu family, the shogun's instructors, contained a secret that could threaten the very foundations of the shogunate. Jubei, the eldest son of the Yagyu family, asks his father, Tajima-no-kami, about the secret, but he remains silent and refuses to reveal anything. Meanwhile, Jubei, who is repeatedly engaged in battles with a mysterious ninja group for the register, learns an unexpected truth...
Crew
- Director Toshio Masuda
- Screenplay Norifumi Suzuki
- Screenplay Seiko Shimura
Cast
Hiroki Matsukata
Jubei Yagyu
- N
Nana Okada
Kiyohime
- K
Kozue Ito
Oki
Takeshi Kitano
Hiroyuki Nagato
Hikozaemon Okubo
- K
Katsuo Nakamura
Yoshinao Tokugawa
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Tajima-no-Kami Yagyu & Fugetsusai Yamada
Mitsuko Kusabue
Tsubone Kasuga
Teruhiko Aoi
Izu-no-Kami Matsudaira
Tetsuo Kurata
Senshiro Kasumi
Shinobu Sakagami
Iemitsu Tokugawa
Ryu Kano
Matajuro Yagyu
Crew
- Director — Toshio Masuda
- Screenplay — Norifumi Suzuki
- Screenplay — Seiko Shimura
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