Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s SpecialMovie
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!
About Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special
Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special is a 1985 action, comedy, history movie directed by Taishi Arai.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 5m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Ken Matsudaira, Saburo Kitajima, Tamao Nakamura, Tadashi Yokouchi. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
