Synopsis
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.
Ratings
TMDB
6.9Technical team
Hiroshi Inagaki Directing
Ichirō Miyagawa Writing
Hajime Takaiwa Writing
Hideo Oguni Writing
Masaru Satō Music
Toshirō Mifune Producing
Yoshio Nishikawa Producing
Production
TOHO
Mifune Productions