Shogun's Samurai (1978)
- Original title
- 柳生一族の陰謀
- Directed by
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Genre
- drama film, samurai cinema
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 44 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A samurai period piece about clan conspiracies and martial conflict in feudal Japan. The Yagyu family plots for power as swordsmen clash over loyalty and ambition.
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What happens
Shogun's Samurai, known in Japan as The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (Japanese: 柳生一族の陰謀, Hepburn: Yagyū Ichizoku no Inbō), 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. The film was adapted into a 39-episode TV series, The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978–1979), and two TV film remakes were released in 2008 and 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.