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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Starring | Kinnosuke Nakamura |
| Release date(s) | 1978 |
| Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Shogun's Samurai (柳生一族の陰謀 Yagyū Ichizoku no Inbō), also known as "The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy" and "Intrigue of the Yagyu Clan", is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The film is the first of two period films by Fukasaku starring Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba as Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi, the other being Samurai Reincarnation (Makai Tenshō).
The film received five Japan Academy Prize nominations for best actor, best art direction, best film, best screenplay and best supporting actor.[1]
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