
In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of smugglers with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one forced to work in a brothel.
Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Sadashichi

Komaki Kurihara
Omitsu

Wakako Sakai
Okiwa

Shigeru Kōyama
Officer Kanedo

Kei Satō
Yohei

Ichirō Nakatani
Officer Okajima (uncredited)

Yōsuke Kondō
Masaji

Shin Kishida
Genzô

Hatsuo Yamaya
Bunta

Masao Mishima
Funayado Tokubei

Shun Ueda
Senkichi

Daigo Kusano
Yoshinosuke

Sen Yano
(uncredited)
Kakuya Saeki
(uncredited)
Ginzô Sekiguchi
(uncredited)

Shintarō Katsu
Wanderer

Kan'emon Nakamura
Ikuzô
Crew

Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Yasuko Miyazaki
Screenplay

Shūgorō Yamamoto
Novel
Hisashi Sagara
Editor
Kōzō Okazaki
Director of Photography
Hideyuki Shiino
Producer
Gin'ichi Kishimoto
Producer
Masayuki Satō
Producer
Shigeaki Hirabayashi
Camera Operator
Yoshio Ueno
Costume Design
Shûki Yoshizawa
Second Unit Director
Makoto Kikuchi
Assistant Art Director
Naotake Satsumoto
Assistant Art Director
Akita Honma
Sound Effects Editor
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound
Kaname Matsuno
Lighting Technician

Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Dai Arakawa
Set Decoration
Kentarô Yuasa
Fight Choreographer
Eiko Yoshida
Continuity
Kazuo Shimomura
Gaffer
Shigeru Shinohara
Production Manager
Hiroshi Mizutani
Art Direction
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