Overview
At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?
Production
Shochiku
Cast & Characters
Kiichi Nakai
Kingo Shimura
Hiroshi Abe
Jyubei Sahashi
Kichiemon Nakamura II
Naosuke Ii
Ryoko Hirosue
Setsu Shimura
Masahiro Takashima
Shinnosuke Naito
Sei Matobu
Masa
Eisaku Yoshida
Toyoho Takarabe
Youichiro Omi
Kakuma Shimura
Yoshikuni Dôchin
Shuemon Inaba
Tatsuya Fuji
Kazue Akimoto
Hitoshi Nonomura
Directors & Crew
Setsuro Wakamatsu
Director
Shohei Kotaki
Producer
Hironobu Takamatsu
Screenplay
Yasuo Hasegawa
Screenplay
Yoshihiro Kato
Producer
Masamitsu Haga
Producer
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