

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.
Director: Nagisa Ōshima

Toshizo Hijikata

Sozaburo Kano

Hyozo Tashiro

Isami Kondo

Okita Sōji

Spy

Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa

Samurai executed by Kanô

Narrator (voice)
