Shingo's Ten Duels
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.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Yuko Asano, Sonny Chiba, Kimiko Ikegami, Morio Kazama, Chiaki Matsubara, Minoru Ōki, Taketoshi Naitō, Toru Nakamura, Akira Nakao, Yuuko Nitou, Ken Ogata, Yoshiko Sakuma, Hiroyuki Sanada
Crew: Hitoshi Ōzu (Director), Yajima Toshiyuki (Editor), Shunsuke Kikuchi (Original Music Composer), Hideo Fujii (Director of Photography), Kenji Yamashita (Art Direction)