In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is massacred for keeping the secret. Armed with an unbeatable swordfighting technique, Shingo embarks on the path of the masterless samurai in search of vengeance and a path beyond his own ignominious origins.
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Raizō Ichikawa
Takakura Shingo
Mayumi Nagisa
Yoshio Takakura
Masayo Banri
Sayo Tadokoro
Shigeru Amachi
Sôshi Tada
Jun'ichirō Narita
Mondo Tadokoro
Eijirō Yanagi
Ooinokami Matsudaira
Matasaburô Niwa
Eijirô Chiba
Teru Tomota
Kihei Shôji
Yoshio Inaba
Giichirô Ikebe
Matasaburo Tamba
Toshio Chiba
Shinjirō Asano
Shin'emon Takakura
Toshio Hosokawa
Yasutoshi 'Tootôminokami' Makino
Shōzō Nanbu
Kazue Yasutomi
Seishiro Hara
