Set in the eighteenth century, during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Akō-han is demolished by the Tokugawa shogunate. Hotta Hayato is a ronin who is living a desperate life because of his sad past. But one day he starts working for Chisaka Takafusa, the Chief retainer of the Uesugi clan. The Uesugi clan and Chisaka are wary of Ōishi Kuranosuke and Ako Roshi's movements, so Chisaka orders Hotta to observe Ōishi Kuranosuke.
as Okô
as Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
as Horibe Yasubei
as Fujii Mataemon
as Kobayashi Heihachirô
as Ôishi Riku
as Hara Soemon
as Asano Takumi-no-Kami
as Aguri
as Uesugi Noritsuna
as Tachibana Sakon
