In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
as Sadahei
as Okei
as Sozo - 1st Son
as Yasuzo - 2nd Son
as Heikichi - 3rd Son
as Ume - Daughter
as Tatsu
as Jiro
as Takeda Shingen
as Ojii
