Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.

Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Einosuke Kurihara

Kenmotsu Hoshino

Okiku / Princess Kiku

Masagorō Kisoya

Ichigorō Hayama

Shigezo Inada

Mitsu

Tsuru

Yae

Kaname Kojima

Keijiro Sumita

Sohei Masui

Matazaburo Hagiwara

Tatsukichi Bisenya

Seiichi Morikawa

Ronin

Katsunoshin Itamura

Naosuke Ii
January 3, 1965

Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Einosuke Kurihara

Kenmotsu Hoshino

Okiku / Princess Kiku

Masagorō Kisoya

Ichigorō Hayama

Shigezo Inada

Mitsu

Tsuru

Yae

Kaname Kojima

Keijiro Sumita

Sohei Masui

Matazaburo Hagiwara

Tatsukichi Bisenya

Seiichi Morikawa

Ronin

Katsunoshin Itamura

Naosuke Ii
