During a downpour, a generous ronin and his supporting wife are stranded at a country inn. The ronin comes to the attention of a lord who wants to hire him as an instructor for his men, who treat the ronin with disrespect.
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Akira Terao | ... | Ihei Misawa |
| Yoshiko Miyazaki | ... | Tayo Misawa | |
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Shirô Mifune | ... | Lord Nagai Izuminokami Shigeaki |
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Fumi Dan | ... | Okugata |
| Hisashi Igawa | ... | Kihei Ishiyama | |
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Hidetaka Yoshioka | ... | Chamberlain Gonnojo Sakakibara |
| Mieko Harada | ... | Okin | |
| Tatsuo Matsumura | ... | Sekkyo-Bushi Jii, the Old Preacher | |
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Takayuki Katô | ... | Hayato Naitô |
| Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Tsuji Gettan | |
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Makiya Yamaguchi | ||
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Toshihide Wakamatsu | ||
| Daisuke Ryû | |||
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Bin Moritsuka | ||
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Masayoshi Nagasawa | ||
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Ihei Misawa and his wife Tayo, stranded by rains at a country inn, bring a great deal of happiness to the other residents of the inn by means of Ihei's generosity and good spirit. Ihei is a masterless samurai and fencing expert. Ihei comes to the attention of Lord Shigeaki, who hires him as fencing instructor for Lord Shigeaki's men. But Ihei's expertise causes friction and jealousy in Shigeaki's castle and his future there comes into doubt. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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The actual castle used in his movie is called Kakegawa castle. It is in Shizuoka prefecture. The river is the Ooi river. See more »Quotes
Lord Nagai Izuminokami Shigeaki: The forging of the grain delicately moistened very well drawn groves a proud blade has the freshness of a spring breeze and it's perfume.See more »
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