Kanei Chronicles
1991 · 165 min
Action · Adventure · Drama · History · TV Movie
From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of swords. But behind the match a bloodthirsty plot is born. Tokugawa Yorinobu, a corrupt shogunate official plans to assassinate Shogun Iemitsu and take his place. With scheming samurai Yui Shosetsu and ruthless Negoro ninja leader Genyusai, he plans to incite a ronin uprising and cut a bloody trail across Japan, with terrifying Chinese gunboats to back his play. Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, councilor and friend to the shogun, along with master swordsman Yagyu Jubei and ninja master Hanzo Hattori must stop Yui Shosetsu and his army of ronin and ninja assassins from tearing the country in half and taking over the government!
Crew
- Director Kōsei Saitō
- Screenplay Ei Ogawa
- Screenplay Satoshi Kurumi
- Writer Renzaburō Shibata
Cast
Kōtarō Satomi
Izunokami Nobutsuna Matsudaira
Takaaki Enoki
Chuya Marubashi
Yumi Takigawa
Sawa
Misa Shimizu
Princess Kichi
Jun Miho
Yae
Shōhei Hino
Karasu no Jinnai
Renji Ishibashi
Genyusai Negoro
Kazunaga Tsuji
Hanzo Hattori
Tappei Shimokawa
Kokuseki Yamazaki
- K
Katsumi Oyama
Shinzaemon Suetsugu
Masao Imafuku
Hikozaemon Okubo
Morio Kazama
Suruga Dainagon Tadanaga
Crew
- Director — Kōsei Saitō
- Screenplay — Ei Ogawa
- Screenplay — Satoshi Kurumi
- Writer — Renzaburō Shibata
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