Film

Kanei Chronicles

1991 · 2h 45m · Action · Adventure · Drama

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!

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

Katsumi Oyama

Shinzaemon Suetsugu

Masao Imafuku

Hikozaemon Okubo

Morio Kazama

Suruga Dainagon Tadanaga

Raita Ryu

Chobei Banzuiin

Gō Ibuki

Mataemon Araki

Ryô Kinomoto

Kojiro Sasaki

Nobuo Kawai

Bingo Mimtakino

• Kōsei SaitōDirector
• Ei OgawaScreenplay
• Satoshi KurumiScreenplay
• Renzaburō ShibataWriter

Release date

July 19, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 45m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Drama, History, TV Movie

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