The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle in a series of duels that could change the destiny of Japan.
Yuko Asano
Sonny Chiba
Kimiko Ikegami
Morio Kazama
Chiaki Matsubara
Minoru Ōki
Taketoshi Naitō
Toru Nakamura
Akira Nakao
Yuuko Nitou
Ken Ogata
Yoshiko Sakuma
Hiroyuki Sanada
Kei Satō
Tappei Shimokawa
Kantarō Suga
Miyuki Sugiura
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Katsuhiko Watabiki
Takashi Yamaguchi
Shun Ōide
Miki Morita