A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.
Cast
Shintarō Katsu
Izo Okada
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanpeita Takechi
Yukio Mishima
Shinbei Tanaka
Yūjirō Ishihara
Ryoma Sakamoto
Mitsuko Baisho
Onimo
Takumi Shinjo
Unknown
Noboru Nakaya
Unknown
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Yoshida Toyo
Kei Yamamoto
Unknown
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Unknown
Takao Itō
Unknown
Natsuko Kahara
Unknown
Kunie Tanaka
Rokkaku Prison Officer
Kinichi Hagimoto
Unknown
Akira Yamanouchi
Unknown
Akira Shimizu
Saichiro Inoue
Yūsuke Takita
Unknown
Kenichiro Sanada
Unknown
Ichirō Nakatani
Unknown
Eizō Kitamura
Unknown
Shogen Nitta
Unknown
Ken Hatano
Unknown
Jiro Sakagami
Unknown
Kanae Kobayashi
Unknown
Kyōichi Satō
Unknown
Hajime Miyazawa
Unknown
Sotaro Ibuki
Seiichiro Honma
Crew
Hideo Gosha
Director
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Ryōtarō Shiba
Novel
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Toshio Taniguchi
Editor
Fujio Morita
Director of Photography
Shigeru Doi
Assistant Director
Masanori Sanada
Executive Producer
Yoshio Ueno
Costume Design
Masao Ōsumi
Sound Recordist
Hiroshi Mima
Lighting Technician
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Kentarô Yuasa
Martial Arts Choreographer
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction
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