Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in Edo (Tokyo), he travels there, intent on finding her and leaving the swordsman's life behind. But a team of rival gangsters is hot on his heels.
Kinnosuke Nakamura
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Hiroki Matsukata
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Keiko Okawa
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Michiyo Kogure
Ohama
Hitomi Nakahara
Onui
Isao Yamagata
Yosuke
Kensaku Hara
Kingoro
Shizue Natsukawa
Omura
Chieko Naniwa
Obah
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in Edo (Tokyo), he travels there, intent on finding her and leaving the swordsman's life behind. But a team of rival gangsters is hot on his heels.
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