Action Thriller
A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his position and replace him with a member of their own family. When his wife is murdered and evidence is produced that he was plotting against the Shogun the Code of Bushido calls for him and his son to commit sepuku. Instead he defies the Shogun's orders and takes up arms against his enemies, becoming an assassin for hire.
Directed by
Akira Inoue
Written by
Tsutomu Nakamura
Renji Ishibashi
Matsudaira
Kunie Tanaka
Buddhist Priest
Toru Masuoka
Yagyu Kurando
Shiho Fujimura
Wife of the Chamberlain
Kimiko Ikegami
Yagyu Chizuro
Masakazu Tamura
Ogami Itto
Shima Iwashita
Abandoned woman bearing a daughter
Mayumi Wakamura
Yagyu Nanao
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yagyu Retsudo
Yuko Kotegawa
Ogami Azami
Isao Hashizume
Yagyu Bizen
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chamberlain giving shelter to Ogami Itto
Yushi Shoda
Daigoro

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