In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Makino clan of Nagaoka, dreamt of independence from the restraints of vassalship. Despite his progressive views and his desire for his estate to remain neutral during the Boshin Civil War, he was bound by loyalty and duty to the clan and was compelled to choose sides.
Length 114 minutes
Koji Yakusho | Tatsuya Nakadai | Takako Matsu | Kyôko Kagawa | Min Tanaka | Kento Nagayama | Kyoko Yoshine | Bando Ryota | Takaaki Enoki | Daichi Watanabe | Masahiro Higashide | Kuranosuke Sasaki | Hisashi Igawa | Gaku Yamamoto | Hidetaka Yoshioka