Film

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1

1981 · 1h 30m · Action · Drama · TV Movie

IMDb

7.0

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.  Part 1 sets up the story and introduces the characters.  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. 

Toshirō Mifune

Tamon Umei

Tomoyuki Kunihiro

Shingo

Rino Katase

Benten Kozo

Yoko Isono

O-Naga

Shun Ōide

Yoshimune Tokugawa

Tomo'o Nagai

Tsushima-no-kami Ando

Mizuho Suzuki

Kawachi-no-kami Inoue

Nana Okada

O-Nui

Noboru Mitani

Nobuko Otowa

Narrator

• Kōsei SaitōDirector
• Takahito IshikawaScreenplay
• Yoshio YoshidaScreenplay

Release date

May 15, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Action, Drama, TV Movie

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