将軍秀忠の死後、長男の家光を擁する柳生一派と、次男の忠長を推す一派が、幕府や朝廷を巻き込んで戦いを繰り広げる。深作監督初の時代劇。出演は千葉真一、萬屋錦之介、松方弘樹、丹波哲郎ら。
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Yagyu Tajima
Sonny Chiba
Jûbê Yagyû
Hiroki Matsukata
Iemitsu Tokugawa (Older Prince)
Teruhiko Saigō
Tadanaga Tokugawa (Younger Prince)
Reiko Ōhara
Okuni (Singer)
Yoshio Harada
Sanza Nagoya (Flute Player)
Isao Natsuyagi
Shozaemon Bekki
Mikio Narita
Ayamaro Karasumasu
Toshirō Mifune
Yoshinao Tokugawa
Hiroyuki Sanada
Hayate
Etsuko Shihomi
Yagyu Akane
Kentaro Kudo
Yagyu Matajuro
Jirô Chiba
Yagyu Samon
Hideo Murota
Sagenta Nogero
