Shingo's Ten Duels

2h 25min

Drama

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.

Production Companies

TV Asahi

Toei Studios Kyoto

Cast

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Umei Tamon
Morio Kazama

Morio Kazama

Yagyu Shinzaburo
Minoru Ōki

Minoru Ōki

Yagyu Tajima
Toru Nakamura

Toru Nakamura

Musasabi no Genta
Akira Nakao

Akira Nakao

Kuroda Tsunamasa
Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

The narrator
Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Aoi Shingo
Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Inoue Kawachi-no-kami
Miyuki Sugiura

Miyuki Sugiura

Princess Aya
Katsuhiko Watabiki

Katsuhiko Watabiki

Kuze Yamato-no-kami
Takashi Yamaguchi

Takashi Yamaguchi

Tokugawa Yoshimune
Shun Ōide

Shun Ōide

Mazaki Shozaburo
Miki Morita

Miki Morita

Princess Yuki

Release date

1st Jan 1990

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語