Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.

• Nippon Eiga Fukko Kyokai
• Kinnosuke Nakamura
• Toshirō Mifune
• Shima Iwashita
• Takahiro Tamura
• Eitarō Ozawa
• Kunie Tanaka
• Tomo'o Nagai
• Orie Satō