The Yagyu Conspiracy

*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.^[2]^[3]

Plot

After the death of Tokugawa Hidetada, his sons Tokugawa Iemitsu and Tokugawa Tadanaga begin to fight over the inheritance.^[4] The Yagyu clan of Edo, led by Yagyū Munenori, supports Iemitsu, and Iemitsu is eventually appointed the third shogun.^[5]　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

1. Shōgun dokusatsu directed by Kinji Fukasaku
2. Bijo no ikenie directed by Akinori Matsuo
3. Sunpu no kuroikage directed by Kazuo Ikehiro
4. Ooku no yōjo directed by Kazuo Ikehiro
5. Hitjichi kyuhitsushirei directed by Ryuichi Takamori
6. Negoro ninja wa shinazu directed by Kazuo Ikehiro
7. Akurei no shirp directed by Akinori Matsuo
8. Mehyō no hada directed by Akinori Matsuo
9. Hatamoto no don directed by Kazuo Ikehiro
10. Chinurareta konrei directed by Kazuo Ikehiro
11. Maboroshi no konketsubijo directed by Akinori Matsuo
12. Akai hanaga shiwoyonnda directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda
13. Nankai no megitsune directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda
14. Mashō no yakata directed by Akinori Matsuo
15. Furuino yōtō directed by Yuji Makiguchi
16. Yogirini kijogafuewofuku directed by Akinori Matsuo
17. Shiroi Dokugumo directed by Yuji Makiguchi
18. Hōchōbana wa koroshino nioi directed by Ryuichi Takamori
19. Kami o wana directed by Akinori Matsuo
20. Hanano yoshiwarade nanikagaokoru directed by Eiichi Kudo
21. Yuyakeni uramiga nokotta directed by Eiichi Kudo
22. Jigokuwomita onna directed by Ryuichi Takamori
23. Miyamotomusashi no kuiwotore directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda
24. Akaibaraniwa tewodasuna directed by Yuji Makigchi
25. Kinjirareta satsui directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda
26. Yureisento kieta jyusannin directed by Akinori Matsuo
27. Bijo to yajyu directed by Yuji Makiguchi
28. Yaminihikaru me directed by Akinori Matsuo
29. Kunoichi no missho directed by Yuji Makiguchi
30. Ikiteita kagemusha directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda
31. Noroi no rōningyō directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda
32. Sugatanaki teki directed by Seikō Shimura
33. Kuroneko no Kyōfu directed by Seikō Shimura
34. Yawahada no himitsu directed by Akinori Matsuo
35. Bōreiwa shinyani susurinaku directed by Akinori Matsuo
36. Karasuma shōshō no saiki directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda
37. Yagyūke saidai no kiki directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda
38. Jyubei wo kurose directed by Yuji Makiguchi
39. Saraba Yagyū directed by Yuji Makiguchi

External links

The Yagyu Conspiracy at IMDb

References

^ "柳生一族の陰謀千葉真一さんインタビュー Sonny Chiba Interview". ホームドラマチャンネル. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "柳生あばれ旅". Jidaigeki.Com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ "柳生一族の陰謀". 時代劇専門チャンネル. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "柳生一族の陰謀". Drama.Com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "柳生一族の陰謀". 時代劇専門チャンネル. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

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[1] "柳生一族の陰謀千葉真一さんインタビュー Sonny Chiba Interview". ホームドラマチャンネル. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[2] "柳生あばれ旅". Jidaigeki.Com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

[3] "柳生一族の陰謀". 時代劇専門チャンネル. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

[4] "柳生一族の陰謀". Drama.Com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

[5] "柳生一族の陰謀". 時代劇専門チャンネル. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

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