The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
高橋英樹
as Sugi Toranosuke
緒形拳
as Nakamura Hanjiro
西郷輝彦
as Okita Soji
近藤正臣
as Iba Hachiro
松坂慶子
as Reiko
太地喜和子
as Ohide
佐野浅夫
as
Ayako Honami
as
峰岸徹
as
田村高廣
as Ikemoto Mohei
内藤武敏
as
藤岡重慶
as
