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.
as Ogami Itto
as Yagyu Retsudo
as Daigoro
as Wife of the Chamberlain
as Yagyu Bizen
as Yagyu Chizuro
as Matsudaira
as Abandoned woman bearing a daughter
as Chamberlain giving shelter to Ogami Itto
as Ogami Azami
as Yagyu Kurando
as Buddhist Priest
as Yagyu Nanao
