Overview

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.

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Cast

Tōru Abe

Mikijiro Hira

Yoshio Inaba

Chiezo Kataoka

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Nami Munakata

Kōtarō Satomi

Minoru Ōki

Shirō Ōsaka

Hideo Sunazuka