99 minutes
1/9/1954
During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who tried to force himself on Gennosuke's beloved foster-sister, Kikuno. As a result, Gennosuke's younger brother, Shichisaburo, was killed. Separated from his mother, Gennosuke found himself on the run from the officials.
Kōkichi Takada
as 梓弦之助
Hiroyuki Nagato
as 弟七三郎
Chieko Naniwa
as 母そよ
Yatarō Kitagami
as 水木辰弥
Mitsuo Nagata
as 猿若勘三郎
若柳敏三郎
as 中村伝九郎
Omenosuke Ichikawa
as 左近源左衛門
Minpei Tomimoto
as 太夫元
Kyoko Kami
as 娘菊乃
Minoru Ōki
as 三浦小次郎
Jūshirō Konoe
as 黒羽根弥太夫
Kenji Susukida
as 柳沢出羽守
Kōmei Minami
as 将軍綱吉
Junzaburō Ban
as えび六
Shunji Sakai
as 狸助
Chikako Miyagi
as 勝山
Nijiko Kiyokawa
as お栄
Jotaro Togami
as 居首甚五左
Eijirō Yanagi
as 能登出雲守
Tomiemon Otomo
as 鈴木右心
Yoshito Yamaji
as 岩間八兵衛
Eiichi Nozawa
as 狩野法眼