Art Direction
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.
Art Department Assistant
越前福井藩きっての臆病者といわれている若侍双子六兵衛が突如、誰も引き受け手のない「上意討ち」を買って出た。相手は藩主が可愛がっていた御側小姓加納平兵衛を意趣あって斬り、退藩した藩のお抱え武芸者仁藤昂軒で、剣術と槍の名人であった。六兵衛には、もちろん剣の腕はあるはずもない。ある夏の日、妹かねのとめるのもきかず六兵衛は、太陽の照りつける北国路を昂軒を追って旅に出た。
Art Direction
Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls. Though they use the servants' entrance, they still feel themselves bound by the samurai code of Bushido; and this tension leads to tragedy.
