The one who hurriedly ascended the castle upon hearing news of Shogun Tsunayoshi's illness was Saotome Mondonosuke. However, instead of an illness, he was prompted to consider a marriage proposal with Yaehime, a daughter of the Date clan. Yet, this was merely a pretext, as he was requested to investigate the truth behind the rumors of rebellion within the Date clan. Mondonosuke, who took on this task to stave off boredom, accompanied by his retainer Kinai, departed for Mutsu, following the procession of Yaehime returning to her home province. However, remnants of the Toyotomi faction, already plotting the overthrow of the shogunate, had gathered under Kii Koya Bunzaemon…

Ryūzō Hayashi

Izumi Igarashi

Kazue Itō

Kinya Kitaoji

Jun Miho

Hiroyuki Nagato

Shogun Tsunayoshi

Isao Natsuyagi

Yumi Takigawa

Yaehime

Masaaki Sakai

Kinai

Akira Nagoya

Kii Koya Bunzaemon

Kinya Kitaoji

Saotome Mondonosuke

• Naoki UesugiDirector

Release date

January 3, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 27m

Genres

Action, Drama, History

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