Welcome to the samurai action blog. The samurai films in Japan are like the Western film of the United States. Both were once very popular, but not as much now. Both themes pop up every so often bringing up the hopes for some sort of revival, but that has not yet happened. In 2010, I published a book, titled, Sword of the Undead, which re-told Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, with a samurai twist. (Click here for excerpt)







Monday, June 7, 2010

Yagyu Clan Conspiracy 1979

The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy is a television show that aired in the late 1970's.  I think there was three seasons, but each season had a different name and different storylines.  All of them involved the father, Yagyu Tajima no Kami Munenori, played by So Yamamura, and his children. Each season featured different chiildren, but the two constants were Sonny Chiba as Yagyu Jubei and Etsuko Shiomi as Akane.

Yagyu Jubei is probably the most memorable character Sonny Chiba has played.  He's played Hattori Hanzo III in season one of Kage No Gundan, and Hattori Hanzo of other generations in other films and other seasons on Kage No Gundan.  But he played Yagyu Jubei in the three Yagyu television series and also the movie version of the same name which gave birth to the tv series. 

Even though Kage No Gundan season one DVD is available in North America, neither subsequent seasons of Kage No Gundan, no any of the seasons of the Yagyu Clan series with Sonny Chiba are available.  I wish they would be.  

Here is the opening of the show.
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  1. UnknownJune 9, 2013 at 9:54 AM

    I loved that show! It was on Sunday nights in Southern California. IIRC, it was on a UHF channel. I would heat up a bottle of saké and enjoy the action. I enjoyed Jubei and I had a huge crush on Akane, a really beautiful woman.

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