Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magistrates pursue the leads to solve the crime and it leads to a potential conspiracy to kill the Shogun.

• Toei Company
• Ryutaro Otomo
• Shunji Sakai
• Eitarō Shindō
• Koishi Kimi
• Keiko Yukishiro
• Hiromi Hanazono
• Hiroko Sakuramachi
• Kotaro Satomi