Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Takeshi Kitano
Ryuhei Matsuda
Tadanobu Asano
Yoichi Sai
Shinji Takeda
Susumu Terajima
Tomorowo Taguchi
Yoji Tanaka
Kei Satō
Jiro Sakagami
Eve Masatoh
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kenichi Urata
Shun Sugata
Yuji Yamazaki
Usaburo Oshima
Takashi Odajima
Uno Kanda
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Mami Nakamura
Makoto Togashi
Chikako Aoyama
Koji Matoba
Masa Tommies
Masatô Ibu
Katsura Zakoba
Daisuke Iijima
Yōichi Iijima
Ito Yozaburo