An adaptation of the famous novel by Jiromasa Gunji about the difficult story of Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of the great elder of the Bakumatsu era, Ii Naosuke. This masterpiece depicts the suffering and love of Tsuruchiyo, who never knew his father until the end of his life. Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of Elder Ii Naosuke, grew up with his mother, a former geisha. However, he was refused an engagement to Yae, the daughter of Samanosuke Yoshimura from the Maeda domain of Kaga Province, to whom she tied her future. After this refusal, Tsuruchiyo begins to be interested in the mystery of his birth…
東千代之介
as Niiro Tsuruchiyo
田代百合子
as
高杉早苗
as
原健策
as
加賀邦男
as
山形勲
as
四代目 澤村國太郎
as
Shôji Kiyokawa
as
市川百々之助
as
沢田清
as
Takeshi Kumagai
as
Kinuko Ōtori
as
