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Shingo's Ten Duels (1990)
Directed by Hitoshi Oozu
Overview
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.
Length 145 minutes
Actors
Yuko Asano | Sonny Chiba | Kimiko Ikegami | Morio Kazama | Chiaki Matsubara | Minoru Oki | Taketoshi Naitô | Toru Nakamura | Akira Nakao | Yûko Nitô | Ken Ogata | Yoshiko Sakuma | Hiroyuki Sanada | Kei Satō | Tappei Shimokawa | Kantarô Suga | Miyuki Sugiura | Tomisaburo Wakayama | Katsuhiko Watabiki | Takashi Yamaguchi | Shun Ôide | Miki Morita