| Masatoshi Nagase | Munezo Katagiri |
| Takako Matsu | Kie |
| Hidetaka Yoshioka | Samon Shimada |
| Yukiyoshi Ozawa | Yaichiro Hazama |
| Tomoko Obata | Shino |
| Reiko Takashima | Hazama's Wife |
| Min Tanaka | Kansai Toda |
| Nenji Kobayashi | Ogata |
| Ken Ogata | Hori, the Shogun |
A lower-class samurai, named Katagiri, secretly loves Kie, a servant in his family's household. Eventually their perception of honor forces them to part, and he must turn his focus toward a disheartening task. His old friend, Yaichiro Hazama, has been fomenting rebellion against the government, and Katagiri must hunt him down and kill him.
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