A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?
Utaemon Ichikawa
Sō Yamamura
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Michitarō Mizushima
Noboru Nakaya
Eijirō Yanagi
Katsuo Nakamura
Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
Shin Tokudaiji
Ushio Akashi
Koji Arima
Tsukie Matsuura
Ryōei Itō
Kinji Nakamura
Takeshi Sakamoto
Kazutarō Kuni
Shinnosuke Ogata
Ikuo Oka
Gorô Naniwa
Tokinosuke Nakamura
Kenji Nagata
Eijirō Sekine
Ryōji Kōzuki
Jiro Yamazaki
Yasuo Fujita
Ko Mihashi