Shingo's Ten Duels
Directed by Hitoshi Ōzu
Plot
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.
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Cast
Yuko Asano
Okoma
Sonny Chiba
Umei Tamon
Kimiko Ikegami
Okiku
Morio Kazama
Yagyu Shinzaburo
Chiaki Matsubara
Onui
Minoru Ōki
Yagyu Tajima
Taketoshi Naitō
Toru Nakamura
Musasabi no Genta
Akira Nakao
Kuroda Tsunamasa
Yuuko Nitou
Ken Ogata
The narrator
Yoshiko Sakuma
Lady Okoi
Hiroyuki Sanada
Aoi Shingo
Kei Satō
Inoue Kawachi-no-kami
Tappei Shimokawa