The Yagyu Conspiracy

The Yagyu Conspiracy
Also known as	柳生一族の陰謀
Genre	Jidaigeki
Directed by	Kinji Fukasaku Eiichi Kudo
Starring	Shinichi Chiba So Yamamura Etsuko Shihomi Yūki Meguro Mikio Narita Hiroyuki Sanada
Narrated by	Mizuho Suzuki
Theme music composer	Toshiaki Tsushima
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	39
Production
Running time	45 minutes (per episode)
Production company	Toei
Original release
Network	Kansai
Release	October 3, 1978 – June 26, 1979

The Yagyu Conspiracy (柳生一族の陰謀, Yagyū ichizoku no inbō) is a Japanese television jidaigeki (period drama) that was broadcast from 1978 to 1979. It is adapted from the 1978 film Shogun's Samurai starring Sonny Chiba, who reprises his role in the series.

Plot

After the death of Tokugawa Hidetada, his sons Tokugawa Iemitsu and Tokugawa Tadanaga begin to fight over the inheritance. The Yagyu clan of Edo, led by Yagyū Munenori, supports Iemitsu, and Iemitsu is eventually appointed the third shogun.　However, Nobutsuna Matsudaira fears the Yagyu clan and tries to prevent them from gaining power. On the other hand, Shōshō Ayamaro Karasuma, who tried to divide the Tokugawa shogunate due to the conflict between Iemitsu and Tadanaga, has not given up that hope.

Anti-shogunate factions and forces appear one after another and challenge the Tokugawa shogunate. Yagyu Jubei and his subordinates defeat the enemies of the shogunate one by one as ordered by Nobutsuna Matsudaira and Yagyu Munenori, but Jubei gradually begins to question the policies of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Cast

• Shinichi Chiba as Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū
• So Yamamura as Tajima-no-kami Munenori Yagyū
• Etsuko Shihomi as Akane Yagyū
• Yūki Meguro as Samon Tomonori Yagyū
• Hiroyuki Sanada as Sasuke
• Mikio Narita as Shōshō Ayamaro Karasuma
• Ryo Tamura as Iemitsu Tokugawa
• Etsushi Takahashi as Izu-no-kami Nobutsuna Matsudaira
• Jirō Yabuki as Fuchikari
• Seizō Fukumoto as Kitano
• Yumi Takigawa as Okuni
• Asao Koike as Negoro Sagenta
• Toshio Takahara as Kujō Michifusa
• Junichi Haruta as Hayate
• Shingo Yamashiro as Sanjonishi Saneeda
• Ken Nishida as Tokugawa Tadanaga
• Michiyo Kogure as Oeyo
• Kōji Nanbara as Ogasawara Nagaharu
• Gajirō Satō as Kakuno Hikosaburō
• Fumio Watanabe as Sakai Tadatomo (ep.1-3)
• Mariko Okada as Lady Kasuga (ep.1,3 and 4)

Episodes

See also

• Shogun's Samurai (1978)