---
title: 'Shogun''s Samurai (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kinji Fukasaku'
released: '1978-01-21'
runtime_minutes: 130
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shoguns-samurai-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078513/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shogun's Samurai (1978)

1978 · 130 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 柳生一族の陰謀

## Synopsis

Shogun's Samurai, known in Japan as The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy , is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed and co-written by Kinji Fukasaku. The film is the first of two unrelated Fukasaku films to star Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba as Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū, the other being Samurai Reincarnation.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kinji Fukasaku](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinji-fukasaku)
- **Screenplay:** [Kinji Fukasaku](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinji-fukasaku)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Toshiaki Tsushima](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiaki-tsushima)

## Cast

- [Hideo Murota](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-murota)
- [Reiko Ohara](https://cinepixo.com/people/reiko-ohara)
- [Shinsuke Ashida](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinsuke-ashida)
- [Isuzu Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/isuzu-yamada)
- [Yoshio Harada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-harada)
- [Mikio Narita](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikio-narita)
- [Hiroki Matsukata](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroki-matsukata)
- [Teruhiko Saigō](https://cinepixo.com/people/teruhiko-saigo)
- [Nobuo Kaneko](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuo-kaneko)
- [Etsuko Shihomi](https://cinepixo.com/people/etsuko-shihomi)
- [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune)
- [Yorozuya Kinnosuke](https://cinepixo.com/people/yorozuya-kinnosuke)
- [Tetsurō Tamba](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuro-tamba)
- [Sonny Chiba](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonny-chiba)
- [Isao Natsuyagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/isao-natsuyagi)

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