A samurai from the powerful Iwashiro clan is killed by Shinbei and Jurota, two members of the smaller Minazuki clan. But Shinbei is the only son of Minazuki clan leader, Katagiri. In an effort to save his son’s life Katagiri begs samurai Takuma (Raizo Ichikawa) to take the blame. Takuma reluctantly agrees to go into exile for a year with … Read the rest