Shingo's Ten Duels
新吾十番勝負
Release: 1990-01-01
·Runtime: 145m
Drama
The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle in a series of duels that could change the destiny of Japan.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TV Asahi
Toei Studios Kyoto
Cast
Ken Ogata
as The narrator
Kei Satō
as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami
Kantarō Suga
Miyuki Sugiura
as Princess Aya
Takashi Yamaguchi
as Tokugawa Yoshimune
Taketoshi Naitō
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Takeda Ishin
Yuko Asano
as Okoma
Kimiko Ikegami
as Okiku
Akira Nakao
as Kuroda Tsunamasa
Morio Kazama
as Yagyu Shinzaburo
Minoru Ōki
as Yagyu Tajima
Yuuko Nitou
Yoshiko Sakuma
as Lady Okoi
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Aoi Shingo
Tappei Shimokawa
Katsuhiko Watabiki
as Kuze Yamato-no-kami
Shun Ōide
as Mazaki Shozaburo
Sonny Chiba
as Umei Tamon
Toru Nakamura
as Musasabi no Genta
