Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the... 

Toshirô Mifune ... Chûji Kunisada
Daisuke Katô ... Enzo Niko
Michiyo Aratama ... Toku, Funakichi's lover
Yôsuke Natsuki ... Sentaro Itabashi
Yû Fujiki ... Gentetsu Shimizu
Susumu Fujita ... Magistrate Jubei Matsui
Eijirô Tôno ... Kansuke
Kanzaburô Nakamura ... Kantaro at six years old (as Kankurô Nakamura)
Kumi Mizuno ... Kiku, Chuji's sister
Kô Mishima ... Yosaku