
In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is massacred for keeping the secret. Armed with an unbeatable swordfighting technique, Shingo embarks on the path of the masterless samurai in search of vengeance and a path beyond his own ignominious origins.
Raizō IchikawaTakakura Shingo
Mayumi NagisaYoshio Takakura
Masayo BanriSayo Tadokoro
Shigeru AmachiSôshi Tada
Jun'ichirō NaritaMondo Tadokoro
Eijirō YanagiOoinokami Matsudaira
Matasaburô NiwaEijirô ChibaTeru TomotaKihei Shôji
Yoshio InabaGiichirô IkebeMatasaburo TambaToshio ChibaShinjirō AsanoShin'emon TakakuraToshio HosokawaYasutoshi 'Tootôminokami' Makino
Shōzō NanbuKazue YasutomiSeishiro Hara