In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-quality steel made there.
Cast
Naoki Kobayashi
Unknown
Shun Sugata
Sakichi
Denden
Genzo
Masahiko Tsugawa
Yohei
Ryohei Kurosawa
Shinnosuke Amago
Kosuke Toyohara
Heijiro
Katsuo Nakamura
Muneyoshi
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Yae
Tomoko Tabata
Okyo
Anna Ishii
Okuni
Takashi Sasano
Sobee
Taichi Saotome
Tatsunoshin Inoue
Masahiro Komoto
Yasuke
Sho Aoyagi
Gosuke
Kei Yamamoto
Chojiro
Shiro Sano
Tokugawa’s vassal
Tomoko Naraoka
Mizuho
Ryô Hashizume
Kumakichi
Megumi Ujiie
Kozue
Tōru Shinagawa
Emon Yutaka
