Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches (1986)

The story of the battles between the 3 related families Kishu, Mito, and Owari, as each vies for the shogun’s seat in the line of succession. Highlighting the series are many fights between the young lord’s Negoro ninja helpers and their mortal enemies, the Koga ninja. History comes alive with the bloody blades of the three families at war within the highest levels of government as the search for a new shogun continues!

Cast

Kazuo Katō

Gaku Yamamoto

Gaku Yamamoto

Ōoka Tadasuke

Kazuko Kato

Sawa

Kinya Kitaoji

Genroku Kano (Tokugawa Yoshimune)

Utaemon Ichikawa

Mito Mitsukuni

Yoshio Harada

Igasuke Yamauchi

Tetsuro Tamba

Naruse Hayatonosho