Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.
Seizō Fukumoto | Seiichi |
Chihiro Yamamoto | Satsuki iga |
Masashi Goda | Akihiko Kawashima |
Hirotaro Honda | Kenichi Naganuma |
Rantaro Mine | |
Hisako Manda | Mitsuru Tamura |
Asahi Kurizuka | |
Hiroki Matsukata | |
Michihiro Kinoshita | |
Yoshiyuki Shibata | |
Kazuaki Tai | |
Boiru Nakajima |