Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan

Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan (1956)

It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan

Genre: Action, Drama
Release Date: 1956-02-26
User Rating: 7/10 from 2 ratings
Runtime: 1h 23min
Language: 日本語
Production Company: Daiei Film
Production Country: Japan
Director: Katsuhiko Tasaka
Writer: Hyōgo Suzuki

7/10

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Summary

It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one of their earliest films together, superstars Ichikawa Raizo and Katsu Shintaro are magnificent as the two finest young swordsmen in the clan. As they vie for the hand of a beautiful woman their loyalty comes into question during an attack on their lord. When one of them masters the secret technique taught to him by Miyamoto Musashi, it leads to bloody violence that can tear the clan apart! Filled with superb swordplay this rare classic is not to be missed!

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Cast
Crew

Raizō Ichikawa

as Hyosuke Yagyu
Shintarō Katsu

as Tsunashiro
Naritoshi Hayashi

as
Shunji Natsume

as
Miyako Tachibana

as
Yataro Kurokawa

as Miyamoto Musashi
Ryōsuke Kagawa

as
Rieko Sumi

as
Kodayu Ichikawa

as
Ken Mitsuda

as
Shōzō Nanbu

as
Hiroshi Mizuno

as
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka

as
Saburo Date

as
Yukio Horikita

as
Jun Fujikawa

as
Fumihiko Yokoyama

as
Ikkei Tamaki

as
Akira Shimizu

as
Yūji Hamada

as
Kazuo Ōbayashi

as
Ryû Takeda

as
Sachio Yasuda

as
Asako Takahara

as
Kanae Kobayashi

as
Sayoko Nakagami

as
Keiko Koyanagi

as

Directing	Katsuhiko Tasaka	Director
Sound	Seiichi Suzuki	Music
Writing	Kôsuke Gomi	Novel
Crew	Kōhei Sugiyama	Cinematography
Writing	Hyōgo Suzuki	Screenplay