The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.

CAST: TOSHIRô MIFUNE, YôKO TSUKASA, Gô KATô, TATSUYOSHI EHARA, ETSUKO ICHIHARA,ISAO YAMAGATA, TATSUYA NAKADAI, SHIGERU KôYAMA, MICHIKO ÔTSUKA, TATSUO MATSUMURA, MASAO MISHIMA, JUN HAMAMURA, EMI YAMADA, TAKAMARU SASAKI, HIDEO FUKUHARA, NORIKO KAWAJIRI, TETSUKO KOBAYASHI, HISANO YAMAOKA, TOMOKO HITO, YOSHIRô AOKI
DIRECTOR: MASAKI KOBAYASHI
DURATION: 128 MINS