
71 minutes
7/1/1962
In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is massacred for keeping the secret. Armed with an unbeatable swordfighting technique, Shingo embarks on the path of the masterless samurai in search of vengeance and a path beyond his own ignominious origins.

Raizō Ichikawa
as Takakura Shingo

Mayumi Nagisa
as Yoshio Takakura

Masayo Banri
as Sayo Tadokoro

Shigeru Amachi
as Sôshi Tada

Jun'ichirō Narita
as Mondo Tadokoro

Eijirō Yanagi
as Ooinokami Matsudaira

Matasaburô Niwa
as Eijirô Chiba
Teru Tomota
as Kihei Shôji

Yoshio Inaba
as Giichirô Ikebe
Matasaburo Tamba
Toshio Chiba
Shinjirō Asano
as Shin'emon Takakura
Toshio Hosokawa
as Yasutoshi 'Tootôminokami' Makino

Shōzō Nanbu
as Kazue Yasutomi
Seishiro Hara

Saburo Date

Ikuko Mōri
Ikkei Tamaki
Masashi Hamada
Jun Fujikawa
Tadashi Iwata
Masayoshi Kikuno
Kenichi Kagami
Akira Shiga

Gen Kimura
Eijirō Yamaoka
Shingo Hosoya

Shiho Fujimura
as Fujiko Yamaguchi