
Kanei Chronicles
Seen it?1991 | 165 min | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, TV Movie
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- A natural pick for anyone after some adrenaline and anyone with a bit of wanderlust. Made for the biggest screen and the loudest speakers you have. Liked Rurouni Kenshin: The Final or 13 Assassins? This is a good next one.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Big, sprawling and full of spectacle, at 2 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 45 min.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you prefer quiet, talky stories.
From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of swords. But behind the match a bloodthirsty plot is born. Tokugawa Yorinobu, a corrupt shogunate official plans to assassinate Shogun Iemitsu and take his place. With scheming samurai Yui Shosetsu and ruthless Negoro ninja leader Genyusai, he plans to incite a ronin uprising and cut a bloody trail across Japan, with terrifying Chinese gunboats to back his play. Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, councilor and friend to the shogun, along with master swordsman Yagyu Jubei and ninja master Hanzo Hattori must stop Yui Shosetsu and his army of ronin and ninja assassins from tearing the country in half and taking over the government!
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kōsei Saitō
- Kōtarō SatomiIzunokami Nobutsuna Matsudaira
- Takaaki EnokiChuya Marubashi
- Yumi TakigawaSawa
- Misa ShimizuPrincess Kichi
- Jun MihoYae
- Shōhei HinoKarasu no Jinnai
- Renji IshibashiGenyusai Negoro
- Kazunaga TsujiHanzo Hattori
- Tappei ShimokawaKokuseki Yamazaki
- Katsumi OyamaShinzaemon Suetsugu