Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magistrates pursue the leads to solve the crime and it leads to a potential conspiracy to kill the Shogun.
Director:
Ryutaro Otomo
Shunji Sakai
Eitarō Shindō
Koishi Kimi
Keiko Yukishiro
Hiromi Hanazono
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Kōtarō Satomi
Fumiyo Fujimoto
Reiko Miyama
Isao Yamagata
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Hiroshi Mizuno
Eijirō Kataoka
Kanji Koshiba
Masao Mishima
Ryuichi Nagashima
Itoshi Yumeji
Kokichi Nakamura
Tokumaro Dan
Yoshiko Tsukibue
Sonosuke Sawamura
