Im Schatten des Shogun

You pace through Edo’s gilded corridors as the second shogun’s body cools and whispers name Iemitsu over his stammer and birthmark. Then the land fractures into brother-led clans and steel sings again. Yagyu sharpens blades for a throne yet carves ruin into his own house. Kurosawa’s storm clouds glide across every slash.

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Kinji Fukasaku directed Im Schatten des Shogun in 1978. See Kinji Fukasaku's full filmography, where to start with Kinji Fukasaku, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kinji Fukasaku.

Im Schatten des Shogun was released in 1978 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 130 minutes.