Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in solitude while being haunted by his violent enigmatic past...
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Toshiaki Karasawa
Iemon
Koyuki
O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)
Teruyuki Kagawa
Mataichi
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Naosuke
Reo Matsuo
Oume
Kippei Shiina
Ito Kihei
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