Shonosuke Furukehashi (Hiroshi Tamaki) is a young samurai and the second son of Sozaemon (Bunchin Katsura) of Togane Domain, Kazusa Province. Sozaemon serves as an attendant, but one day, he is suddenly suspected of accepting bribes. Forged documents written in handwriting startlingly identical to his offer incontrovertible evidence. Framed for accepting bribes he knows nothing about, Sozaemon commits ritual suicide for his “crime”. Shonosuke’s elder brother Katsunosuke (Satoshi Hashimoto), an assistant instructor at the domain’s training hall, is placed under house arrest. Because of that,…
Hiroshi Tamaki
Shonosuke Furukehashi
Director
Hiroshi Kataoka
Top cast
Hiroshi Tamaki·Satoshi Hashimoto·Shihori Kanjiya·Hisako Manda·Rokkaku Seiji·So Takei·Yoshie Ichige·Bunchin Katsura