100人斬りの異名を持つ万次は、わなによって妹を失い、謎の老人に永遠の命を与えられる。死ぬことのできない無限の体となった今、斬られた傷は自然に治るが、剣術の腕は落ちていた。ある日、孤独な万次の前にあだ討ちを頼みたいという少女・浅野凛が現れる。彼女の願いを聞き入れた万次は、凛と共に剣客集団・逸刀流の首領である天津影久の命を狙う。
Higo Hayashi
After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an untimely death when he was about to expose the corruption of the shogunate becomes determined to expose the collusion between Kannouji, and the unforgivable relationships between the ladies in waiting of the inner palace and the monks. Nui is undertaking this undercover investigation without regard for the danger she is putting herself in, for the sake of Shinnosuke whom she secretly loves
Bunsei era, at a time when Edo culture is at its peak, and barely 50 years before the arrival of the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Sabu is a cheerful, honest young man who left his hometown with the dream of becoming a policeman. He is an informant to the policeman Saheiji of Asakusa in Edo and stays with him and his daughter Midori. One day, Sabu encounters the cool master swordsman Ichi, who makes a living giving massages, and they become partners in an unexpected way. Although Sabu is still an informant, he and the blind Ichi collaborate in a way that compensates for each other’s shortcomings. Sabu becomes Ichi’s eyes while Ichi becomes Sabu’s right-hand man and solves cases with his well-honed skills of deduction as they search for the truth in difficult cases in Edo. One case starts with the discovery of two dead bodies in the Sumida River. The bodies have diagonal slashes and were left in boxes.
京都・太秦にある、日映撮影所。そこに所属する香美山清一（福本清三）は、斬られ役として長年大部屋俳優を務め、無数のチャンバラ時代劇に出演してきた。ある日、およそ半世紀にわたって放送されていたテレビ時代劇「江戸桜風雲録」が打ち切りになり、後番組として若年層向け時代劇がスタートするが、そこにはベテランたちが活躍する場はなかった。そんな中、香美山は伊賀さつき（山本千尋）という新進女優と出会い、殺陣の師匠となって彼女に指導をしていくが……。
Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil.
