Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!
A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.
Un samurái pide permiso para practicarse el Seppuku (o Harakiri), ceremonia durante la cual se quitará la vida abriéndose el estómago al tiempo que otro samurái lo decapitará. Solicita también poder contar la historia que le ha llevado a tomar tan trágica decisión.
Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.
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