TV series
Blades of the Yagyu
1982, Japanese, on TV Tokyo.
Yagyū Sekishūsai’s fifth son, Munenori, is awarded by Tokugawa Ieyasu with the old Yagyū domain of 2,000 koku, which had been confiscated by the Toyotomi 16 years earlier, in recognition of his remarkable performance at the Battle of Sekigahara. He triumphantly returned to his hometown, the village of Yagyū. Munenori, who received the family’s heirloom sword from his older brother Shinjiro, carried on the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū tradition and vowed to Ieyasu to create a world without war as he headed to Fushimi Castle. However, Munenori’s life was targeted by Yatōji, a ninja of the Saiga clan, remnants of the Toyotomi faction known as Onibi...
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 13
- Episode length
- Varies
- Status
- Ended in 1982
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S1 E13: The Last Journey of the Sword Saint
Aired 26 May 1982
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
Details
- First aired
- 3 March 1982
- Last aired
- 26 May 1982
- Network
- TV Tokyo
- Original title
- 柳生新陰流
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
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Blades of the Yagyu has 1 season and 13 episodes.
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