Teruhiko Saigō

Following the massive success of the 1978 movie version, this TV series is newly produced by returning faces such as Director Kinji Fukasaku and actors Shinichi Sonny Chiba and Kinnosuke Yorozuya. After the death of the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada, his sons Iemitsu and Tadanaga shed family blood over the succession of the dynasty...

Based on historical events in 17th-century Japan, this exciting and entertaining martial-arts film tells the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin."