Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.

• Oshima Productions
• Shochiku
• Takeshi Kitano
• Ryuhei Matsuda
• Tadanobu Asano
• Yoichi Sai
• Shinji Takeda
• Susumu Terajima
• Tomorowo Taguchi
• Yoji Tanaka