Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.

Credits

Kihachi OkamotoDirector

Toshirō MifuneTsuruchiyo Niiro

Keiju KobayashiEinosuke Kurihara

Yūnosuke ItōKenmotsu Hoshino

Michiyo AratamaOkiku / Princess Kiku