At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?
Cast
Crew
Setsurô Wakamatsu
Director
Hironobu Takamatsu
Screenplay
Yasuo Hasegawa
Screenplay
Kenzaburô Iida
Screenplay
Jiro Asada
Short Story
Hirohide Abe
Editor
Tokushō Kikumura
Director of Photography
Shohei Kotaki
Producer
Yumiko Takebe
Producer
Yoshihiro Kato
Producer
Kanjirô Sakura
Producer
Manabu Inoue
Producer
Masamitsu Haga
Producer
Hikaru Tani
Producer
Fumio Ogawa
Production Design
Osamu Onodera
Sound Recordist
Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer
Hideshi Nakagomi
Decorator
