The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are people who were hired by Daimyos (mayers of local governments) to resist kage. The young mayor of Suwa Takashiwa, Tadamaru was assaulted by a kage on his way to Edo. Zyubei and Gennnosuke, the Kagekaris, try to carry injured Tadamaru to Edo.

• Fuji Television Network
• Toshiya Ito
• Tatsuya Nakadai
• Daisuke Ryū
• Midori Yamamoto
• Eitarō Ozawa
• Yousuke Kondou
• Taketoshi Naitō
• Kiyoshi Yamamoto