The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to accept her position as second generation leader of the Yano Family. But the ceremony is interrupted by fighting between local boatmen and railroad works. And it seems a rival family is pulling the strings behind the clashes.
Sumiko Fuji
Hiroyuki Nagato
Bin Amatsu
Ken Takakura
Kyōsuke Machida
Hōsei Komatsu
Shunya Wazaki
Tatsuo Endō
Shoji Nakayama
Hitoshi Ōmae
Keiji Takamiya
Misa Toki
Machiko Yashiro
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Kanjūrō Arashi
Masaya Satô
Kenji Kusumoto
Akira Shioji
Takuzō Kawatani