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.
as Takakura Shingo
as Yoshio Takakura
as Sayo Tadokoro
as Sôshi Tada
as Mondo Tadokoro
as Ooinokami Matsudaira
as Eijirô Chiba
as Kihei Shôji
as Giichirô Ikebe
as Shin'emon Takakura
as Yasutoshi 'Tootôminokami' Makino
as Kazue Yasutomi
as Fujiko Yamaguchi