

15/09/1962
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.

Tatsuya Nakadai
as Hanshiro Tsugumo

Akira Ishihama
as Motome Chijiiwa

Shima Iwashita
as Miho Tsugumo

Tetsuro Tamba
as Hikokuro Omodaka

Masao Mishima
as Tango Inaba

Ichirō Nakatani
as Hayato Yazaki

Kei Satō
as Masakazu

Yoshio Inaba
as Jinai Chijiiwa

Hisashi Igawa
as Retainer

Toru Takeuchi
as Retainer

Yoshirō Aoki
as

Tatsuo Matsumura
as

Akiji Kobayashi
as

Kōichi Hayashi
as

Ryūtarō Gomi
as

Jo Azumi
as

Nakajirō Tomita
as

Shichisaburo Amatsu
as

Kenzō Tanaka
as

Shin Nakahara
as

Tsuneo Ikeda
as

Minoru Miyagi
as

Takaaki Kadota
as

Ichirō Yamamoto
as

Gen Takasugi
as

Satoshi Nishida
as

Tetsuro Komiyama
as

Shûichirô Narita
as

Noboru Kasuga
as

Shinpachi Kura
as

Kenji Hayashi
as

Shōtarō Hayashi
as

Shimezo Kataoka
as

Bunya Ozawa
as

Konosuke Takemoto
as

Rentaro Mikuni
as Kageyu Saito
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