In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
田村高廣
as Sadahei
高峰秀子
as Okei
二代目 松本白鸚
as Sozo - 1st Son
二代目 中村吉右衛門
as Yasuzo - 2nd Son
Shinji Tanaka
as Heikichi - 3rd Son
岩下志麻
as Ume - Daughter
荒木道子
as Tatsu
川津祐介
as Jiro
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII
as Takeda Shingen
加藤嘉
as Ojii
渡辺文雄
as
井川邦子
as
