Deadly Sword

Sasahara Isaburo (played by Masakazu Tamura), a samurai from the Aizu Matsudaira clan, entered his wife's home as a son-in-law. He treated his wife (played by Meiko Kaji) as a guest, and his son Goro (played by Naoto Ogata) was upright and filial. On this day, the Aizu feudal servant Takahashi Gaiki (played by Kitamura Aoi) suddenly brought a shocking news. Because the feudal lord (played by Ren Osugi)'s favored concubine Aichi (played by Nakama Yukie) caused a dispute, he was expelled by the feudal lord angrily and ordered to marry into the Sasahara family. Isaburo was in a dilemma and had no choice but to accept his fate. Fortunately, the gentle and beautiful Aichi quickly got used to the life of the Sasahara family and got along well with her husband and in-laws. Unexpectedly, the good times did not last long. The son of Ashi and the feudal lord became the heir. As a biological mother, she faced the fate of being recalled. In order to protect the happiness of his son and daughter-in-law, Isaburo openly disobeyed. For this reason, he had to fight against the entire vassal, and was forced to confront his friend Asano Daodao (played by Takeru Matsudaira) with swords... This film is adapted from the original work of Takiguchi Yasuhiko.