Overview
The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are people who were hired by Daimyos (mayors of local governments) to resist kage. The young mayor of Suwa Takashiwa, Tadamaru was assaulted by a kage on his way to Edo. Zyubei and Gennnosuke, the Kagekaris, try to carry injured Tadamaru to Edo.
Production
Fuji Television Network · Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
Cast & Characters
Tatsuya Nakadai
Daisuke Ryū
Eitarō Ozawa
Toshiya Ito
Midori Yamamoto
Yōsuke Kondō
Taketoshi Naitō
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Sei Hiraizumi
Toru Takeuchi
Shōshin Kobayashi
Kozo Yamamura
Directors & Crew
Motomu Furuta
Screenplay
Akira Inoue
Director
Takeo Kunihiro
Screenplay
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