Movie
A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his position and replace him with a member of their own family. When his wife is murdered and evidence is produced that he was plotting against the Shogun the Code of Bushido calls for him and his son to commit sepuku. Instead he defies the Shogun's orders and takes up arms against his enemies, becoming an assassin for hire.
Ogami Itto
Yagyu Retsudo
Daigoro
Wife of the Chamberlain
Yagyu Bizen
Yagyu Chizuro
Matsudaira
Abandoned woman bearing a daughter
Chamberlain giving shelter to Ogami Itto
Ogami Azami
Yagyu Kurando
Buddhist Priest
Yagyu Nanao