Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special

Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special (1985) is a action, comedy film directed by Taishi Arai.

When the seventh shogun, Ietsugu died, shogunate officials chose Yoshimune, Lord of Kishu, to succeed him. Since then Yoshimune has led a double life.In court he remains a dedicated leader, but outside he travels incognito as a wandering swordsman, seeking out crime and corruption. With his trusted friends and his ninja, he’ll expose anyone who perverts the shogun’s justice and oppresses his people and he’ll ruthlessly put them down with his lightning-fast sword. But since he became shogun, many high-placed officials look on with jealousy, and long to destroy him. One such man, Lord Owari, tries to unseat Yoshimune by exposing his mother as a practitioner of an outlaw religion, Christianity, an offense punishable by crucifixion!

Cast

Ken Matsudaira

Saburo Kitajima

Tamao Nakamura

Tadashi Yokouchi

Ichirō Arishima

Masumi Harukawa

Mayumi Asaka

Shigeru Araki

Misako Kimura

Daisuke Awaji

Shigeru Inoue

Kōichi Tanizaki