柳生武芸帳
The first installment of this thrilling period drama special starring Matsukata Hiroki. Jubei fights to the death to protect the targeted Yagyu martial arts register. Set in the Edo period, shortly after Iemitsu became the third shogun, rumors spread within the shogunate that the register of the Yagyu family, the shogun's instructors, contained a secret that could threaten the very foundations of the shogunate. Jubei, the eldest son of the Yagyu family, asks his father, Tajima-no-kami, about the secret, but he remains silent and refuses to reveal anything. Meanwhile, Jubei, who is repeatedly engaged in battles with a mysterious ninja group for the register, learns an unexpected truth...
The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls (1990) is a history, action, adventure and drama film directed by Toshio Masuda, released on January 1, 1990 with a runtime of 1h 57m. It stars Hiroki Matsukata, Nana Okada, Kozue Ito and Takeshi Kitano.
Hiroki Matsukata
as Jubei Yagyu
Nana Okada
as Kiyohime
Kozue Ito
as Oki
Takeshi Kitano
Hiroyuki Nagato
as Hikozaemon Okubo
Katsuo Nakamura
as Yoshinao Tokugawa
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Tajima-no-Kami Yagyu & Fugetsusai Yamada
Mitsuko Kusabue
as Tsubone Kasuga
Teruhiko Aoi
as Izu-no-Kami Matsudaira
Tetsuo Kurata
as Senshiro Kasumi
Shinobu Sakagami
as Iemitsu Tokugawa
Ryu Kano
as Matajuro Yagyu
Directed by Toshio Masuda, written by Norifumi Suzuki and Seiko Shimura.
The first installment of this thrilling period drama special starring Matsukata Hiroki. Jubei fights to the death to protect the targeted Yagyu martial arts register. Set in the Edo period, shortly after Iemitsu became the third shogun, rumors spread within the shogunate that the register of the Yagyu family, the shogun's instructors, contained a secret that could threaten the very foundations of the shogunate.…
Reviewed on December 31, 2025
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The main cast of The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls (1990) includes Hiroki Matsukata, Nana Okada, Kozue Ito, Takeshi Kitano and Hiroyuki Nagato. The film was directed by Toshio Masuda. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls was released on January 1, 1990 and runs for 1h 57m.
