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 forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.
Toshirō Mifune
Michiyo Aratama
Tetsuro Tamba
Eijirō Tōno
Daisuke Katō
Michiyo Aratama
Yū Fujiki
Susumu Fujita
Nakamura Kanzaburo
Kumi Mizuno
Yoshio Kosugi
Senkichi Ōmura
Minosuke Yamada
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Takuzō Kumagai
Hideyo Amamoto
Mutoshi Happa
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Haruya Katō
Gorô Sakurai
Kōji Iwamoto
Akira Yamada
Ren Yamamoto
Sachio Sakai
Masao Oda
Yutaka Sada
Yusuke Minami
Yōsuke Natsuki
Kō Mishima