Kanei Chronicles (1991)

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!

Cast

Izunokami Nobutsuna Matsudaira
Chuya Marubashi
Hikozaemon Okubo
Suruga Dainagon Tadanaga
Chobei Banzuiin
Mataemon Araki
Kojiro Sasaki
Bingo Mimtakino
Yorinobu Tokugawa
Iemitsu Tokugawa
Musashi Miyamoto
Jubei Yagyu
Shosetsu Yui
Princess Kichi
Karasu no Jinnai
Genyusai Negoro
Hanzo Hattori
Kokuseki Yamazaki
Shinzaemon Suetsugu

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