Yagyu Secret Scrolls

Yagyu Secret Scrolls part I 柳生武芸帳 Yagyu Bugeicho
Directed by	Hiroshi Inagaki
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka
Written by	Hiroshi Inagaki Takeshi Kimura Kôsuke Gomi (novel)
Production company	Toho
Release dates	14 April 1957[1]
Running time	106 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Yagyu Secret Scrolls (柳生武芸帳 Yagyu Bugeicho) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. Other English titles include: Yagyu Bugeicho – Ninjitsu part 1, Secret Scrolls, Yagyu Secret Scrolls Part I.

Its sequel is 1958 Japanese film Yagyu Secret Scrolls part II (柳生武芸帳　双龍秘剣 Yagyu Bugeicho – Ninjitsu Part 2).

Part I

Cast

• Toshirō Mifune as Tasaburo
• Kōji Tsuruta as Senshiro
• Yoshiko Kuga as Yuhime
• Mariko Okada as Rika
• Denjiro Okochi as Lord Yagyu
• Kyoko Kagawa as Oki
• Senjaku Nakamura as Matajuro
• Hanshiro Iwai as Iyemitsu
• Akihiko Hirata as Tomonori
• Eijiro Tono as Fugetsusai
• Jotaro Togami as Jubei
• Akio Kobori
• Nobuko Otowa
• Shin Otomo
• Koshiro Matsumoto

Yagyu Secret Scrolls part II 柳生武芸帳　双龍秘剣 Yagyu Bugeicho – Ninjitsu
Directed by	Hiroshi Inagaki
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka
Written by	Hiroshi Inagaki Takeshi Kimura Kôsuke Gomi (novel)
Production company	Toho
Release dates	3 January 1958[2]
Running time	105 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

References

1. (Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1957/cg001460.htm accessed February 5, 2009
2. (Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1958/ch000130.htm accessed February 5, 2009

External links

• Yagyu Secret Scrolls at the Internet Movie Database
• Yagyu bugeicho – Ninjitsu at the Internet Movie Database