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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)
External links
The Yagyu Conspiracy at IMDb