93 minutes
4/8/1962
The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil plans of the Owari Clan's corrupt Lord. It's a colorful bunch, a drunk samurai, a master thief, a sword instructor and a Lord who is disguised as a ronin since it is an executable offense for a lord to wander outside of their domain without permission. As the Chief Magistrate becomes suspicious of the Owari plot to send men to Kodenmacho Prison to start a riot he begins to investigate the rumors. He soon calls upon the Lord of Mikazuki Castle and the Shogun's best friend to help thwart the evil ambitions and battle the rouge swordsman hired by the Owari Clan.
Utaemon Ichikawa
as Tsukinosuke Ryûtan
Kazuo Akatsuki
as Lower officer A
Kyoko Aoyama
as Oen
Utanosuke Arashi
as Kamenosuke
Masaharu Arikawa
as Koiwai
Koji Arima
as Genbei
Chiyonosuke Azuma
as Yoshimune Tokugawa
Kōtarō Bandō
as Hyôko Yagyû
Kensaku Hara
as Hyôbu Tsuda
Kyōichi Hara
as Samurai A
Kōshirō Harada
as Bizen'nokami Yanagisawa
Masao Hori
as Sagoemon Bekki
Juro Hoshi
as Han'nya no Gorô
Tatsuya Ishiguro
as Suruganokami Daidôji
Eijirō Kataoka
as Gensabuô Bizenya
Hiroki Matsukata
Kōkichi Takada
Jūshirō Konoe
Kōtarō Satomi
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Keiko Okawa
Hisako Tsukuba
Hiroko Yoshikawa
Isao Yamagata
Sonosuke Sawamura
Kazutarō Kuni
Shin Tokudaiji
Shinnosuke Ogata
Tetsunosuke Tsukigata
Seiji Mōri
Eijirō Sekine
Ryūzaburō Nakamura
Yoshiko Yashioji
Michimaro Otabe
Jotaro Togami
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Ryuichi Nagashima
Ikuo Oka
Ryōji Kōzuki
Matsunojō Sasaki
Shintaro Nasu
Shimada Hyōgo
Kenji Nagata
Yūzaburō Sakaguchi
Shintarō Kuraoka
Kyōichi Hara
Toshio Takane