Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story is about eight warriors who, each carrying a jewel, gather together as if guided by fate and embark on a harsh journey to fight the curse of the Satomi family. Hokusai is drawn into the story that Bakin is telling, and visits Bakin on various occasions to hear the rest of the story, and a strange relationship between the two begins. The serialization becomes Bakin's life's work, with the idea of "rewarding good and punishing evil in a world where evil is rampant," but after 28 years, as the story finally approaches its climax, Bakin begins to lose his sight. With the completion of the story in doubt, he receives an unexpected proposal from his daughter-in-law. Will the story ever be completed?
as Bakin Takizawa
as Hokusai Katsushika
as Fusehime
as Shino Inuzuka
as Sousuke Inukawa
as Keno Inusaka
as Genpachi Inukai
as Daikaku Inumura
as Kobungo Inuta
as Shinbe Inue
as Dousetsu Inuyama
as Tamazusa
as Souhaku
as Oji
as Ohaku
as Hamaji
as Nanboku Tsuruya
as Ichikawa Danjuro VII
as Onoe Kikugoro III
