A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his position and replace him with a member of their own family. When his wife is murdered and evidence is produced that he was plotting against the Shogun the Code of Bushido calls for him and his son to commit sepuku. Instead he defies the Shogun's orders and takes up arms against his enemies, becoming an assassin for hire.
Directed by Akira Inoue
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Cast
Masakazu Tamura
Ogami Itto
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yagyu Retsudo
Yushi Shoda
Daigoro
Shiho Fujimura
Wife of the Chamberlain
Isao Hashizume
Yagyu Bizen
Kimiko Ikegami
Yagyu Chizuro
Renji Ishibashi
Matsudaira
Shima Iwashita
Abandoned woman bearing a daughter
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chamberlain giving shelter to Ogami Itto
Yuko Kotegawa
Ogami Azami
Toru Masuoka
Yagyu Kurando
Kunie Tanaka
Buddhist Priest
Mayumi Wakamura
Yagyu Nanao
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