Overview

Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.

Cast

Tetsuro Tamba

Sakon Shiba

Isamu Nagato

Kyôjûrô Sakura

Mikijiro Hira

Einosuke Kikyo

Miyuki Kuwano

Aya

Yoshiko Kayama

Oyasu

Yōko Mihara

Omaki

N/A

Kyoko Aoi

Omitsu

Kamatari Fujiwara

Jinbei

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Uzaemon Matsushita

Jun Tatara

Yasugorô

Toshie Kimura

Oine

Hisashi Igawa

Mosuke