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In the end, we had no choice but to have it this way. We just took a roundabout path.
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
Toshirō Mifune
Isaburo Sasahara
Yōko Tsukasa
Ichi Sasahara
Gō Katō
Yogoro Sasahara
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Bunzo Sasahara
Etsuko Ichihara
Kiku
Isao Yamagata
Shobei Tsuchiya
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatewaki Asano
Shigeru Kōyama
Geki Takahashi
Michiko Otsuka
Suga Sasahara
Tatsuo Matsumura
Lord Masakata Matsudaira
Masao Mishima
Sanzaemon Yanase
Jun Hamamura
Hyoemon Shiomi
Takamaru Sasaki
Kenmotsu Sasahara
Tetsuko Kobayashi
Otama
Hisano Yamaoka
Sannojo Kasai's mother (uncredited)
Yoshirō Aoki
Takazo Komiya (uncredited)