The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was approaching Hida Takayama, the district head Shimizu Uzen fled to Edo. Local officials like Yoshida Bunsuke and Yoshizumi Hironoshin showed their allegiance by welcoming them. The commander at the time, Umemura Hayami, was a former member of the Tengu Party and had previously been pursued in the town. He took refuge in a restaurant named Kabuya, and owing to a tip-off from a woman named Oraku, he was almost captured for her lover, Yoshizumi. Oraku and Yoshizumi probably feared revenge from that previous encounter, but Umemura had come back to Hida because he couldn't forget Oraku.
若原雅夫
as 梅村速水
Michiyo Kogure
as 合羽屋おらく
高千穂ひづる
as つる
山村聰
as 奥田金馬太郎
大木実
as 郷土弥平
夏川大二郎
as 吉住弘之進
柳永二郎
as 吉田文助
Hisano Yamato
as 文助の妻
青山宏
as 押上屋
二代目 市川小太夫
as 新見内膳
四代目 澤村國太郎
as 東征軍隊長大村
海江田譲二
as 脇田
