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.
Stars: Hideki Takahashi, Ken Ogata, Teruhiko Saigō, Masaomi Kondo, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kiwako Taichi
Crew: Kenji Misumi (Director), Yoshiharu Mishima (Executive Producer), Akira Inomata (Associate Producer), Kyuzo Kobayashi (Associate Producer), Chiyoo Umeda (Art Direction), Hideo Kobayashi (Sound Recordist)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Shochiku
Runtime: 159 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 20, 1974
IMDb: 3.2
