Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
1991
246 minutes
Overview
During the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country under their banners by becoming the supreme leader. One of the first to vie for power in this way was Saito Dosan, the 'Viper'. His son-in-law, Oda Nobunaga, did in fact unite the nation after subduing all of his enemies, yet falling at last to the treachery of one of his most trusted generals. This story is a pre-cursor to those later events as the brilliant military strategist Saito Dosan rises to power and notoriety as a great lord in his own right. Directed by Kudo Eiichi and with a tremendous supporting cast that includes Nakamura Toru as Oda Nobunaga and Chiba Shinichi as Akechi Mitsutsugu, battle scenes of awesome power and a unique view of Japanese history, this is a marvelous production highlighted by the action scenes done by the Japan Action Club (JAC).
Top Cast
Ken Matsudaira
Dosan Saito
Sonny Chiba
Mitsutsugu Akechi
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Miyoshino
Toru Nakamura
Nobunaga Oda
Makoto Fujita
Soun Hojo
Ken Nishida
Masayori Toki
Takahiro Tamura
Motomune Matsunami
Naoya Makoto
Gozaemon Yano
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Bonten Hachibei
Miki Fujitani
Princess Noh
Yoshimi Iwasaki
Omi
Shigeru Kōyama
Nagahiro Nagai
Hisako Manda
Yugao Dayu
Ken Tanaka
Yoriaki Toki
Mikijiro Hira
Toshitaka Nagai
Keiko Saitō
