Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
Cast
Masatoshi Nagase
Munezô Katagiri
Takako Matsu
Kie
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Samon Shimada
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Yaichirô Hazama
Tomoko Tabata
Shino Katagiri
Chieko Baisho
Mrs. Katagiri
Kunie Tanaka
Kanbê Katagiri
Sachiko Mitsumoto
Mrs. Iseya
Reiko Takashima
Hazama's Wife
Nana Saito
Bun
Nenji Kobayashi
Kôda
Ken Ogata
Chief Retainer Hori
Min Tanaka
Kansai Toda
Toshiki Ayata
Unknown
Hiroshi Kanbe
Unknown
Satoko Yamamura
Unknown
Kazuhiko Kasai
Unknown
Ryota Sato
Unknown
Yoshiko Shinohara
Unknown
Koichi Kira
Unknown
Toru Iwasu
Unknown
Yuuki Natsusaka
Unknown
Ryuji Komine
Unknown
Tsukasa Sugawara
Unknown
Tamami Kaneko
Unknown
Makoto Akatsuka
Unknown
Mantaro Koichi
Unknown
Masayasu Kitayama
Unknown
Yoji Matsuda
Unknown
Koen Kondo
Unknown
Takashi Sasano
Unknown
Yusuke Izumi
Unknown
Crew
Yoji Yamada
Director, Screenplay
Yoshitaka Asama
Screenplay
Iwao Ishii
Editor
Mutsuo Naganuma
Director of Photography
Kinichi Hanawa
Assistant Director
Mikito Tanaka
Assistant Director
Ayato Kurokawa
Assistant Director
Emiko Hiramatsu
Assistant Director
Yasutaka Maehara
Assistant Director
Tadafumi Ito
Assistant Director
Masaki Arai
Assistant Director
Junichi Sakomoto
Executive Producer
Hiroshi Fukazawa
Producer
Ichiro Yamamoto
Producer
Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design
Naoko Asari
Sound Editor
Yukio Hokari
Sound Effects
Gengon Nakaoka
Lighting Technician
Etsuko Egawa
Special Effects
Isao Tomita
Original Music Composer
Shigeyuki Onodera
Music Producer
Yukitomo Tochino
Gun Wrangler
Shuhei Fujisawa
Original Story
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction
Yasushi Yamazaki
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