A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to avenge his Boss. He must make a life or death decision as he is asked to protect a gang from attack. Part 2: A pair of gamblers chased out of a crooked game must fight not only their pursuers, but the ghosts of their pasts as well. Part 3: A wanderer who wants to live according to the Yakuza Code, but is not sure that he can do so when asked to save a town from an evil official.
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Tatsuya Nakadai
Takashi Shimura
Hiroki Matsukata
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Wakaba Irie
Sumiko Fuji
Kunie Tanaka
Tatsuo Endō
Akira Shioji
Tokinosuke Nakamura
Sen Yano
Kenji Egi
Shinjirô Ehara
Takeshi Katō
Yutaka Sera
Asao Uchida
Shinnosuke Ogata
Yasushi Ōshiro
Shinzo Hotta
Masuo Kamiki
Kayoko Tominaga
Ryūko Azuma
Sakae Nishizaki
Hiroshi Mizuno
Chieko Naniwa
Mineko Maruhira
Kinji Nakamura
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Kunijirō Yanagi
Gorô Naniwa
Shunsuke Haruga
Shunji Daito
Tokumaro Dan
Hanzô Kataoka
Heitaro Gori
Masaharu Arikawa
Kuniomi Kitani