"A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future."
Koji Yakusho
as Shinzaemon Shimada
Takayuki Yamada
as Shinrokuro Shimada
Yûsuke Iseya
as Koyata
Goro Inagaki
as Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Kazue Fukiishi
as Tsuya / Upashi
Hiroki Matsukata
as Kuranaga
Tsuyoshi Ihara
as Kuzuro Hirayama
Ikki Sawamura
as Gunziro Mitsuhasi
Arata Furuta
as Heizo Sahara
Sousuke Takaoka
as Yasoyosi Hioki
Rokkaku Seiji
as Mosuke Otake
Kazuki Namioka
as Rihei Ishizuka
Koen Kondo
as Yahachi Horii
Yuma Ishigaki
as Gennai Higuchi
Masataka Kubota
as Shoziro Ogura
Masachika Ichimura
as Hanbei Onigashira
Matsumoto Hakuō II
as Yukie Makino
Seiyo Uchino
as Zusho Mamiya
Ken Mitsuishi
as Zoudayu Asakawa
Ittoku Kishibe
as Yatokube Sanshu
Mikijiro Hira
as Lord Doi
Mitsuki Tanimura
as Chiyo Makino
Takumi Saitoh
as Uneme Makino
Shinnosuke Abe
as Minamotosiro Ideguchi
Meguru Katô
as
Kazutoshi Yokoyama
Megumi Kagurazaka
as Otake
Hajime Inoue
Takashi Miike
Director
Minami Ichikawa
Producer
Tōichirō Shiraishi
Yoshinari Shimatani
Co-Executive Producer
Tomoko Machida
Shigeji Maeda
Koji Yoshida
Takashi Hirajo
Executive Producer
Hiroaki Kitano
Toshiyasu Ohmiya
Michihiko Umezawa
Hisashi Usui
Co-Producer
Takashi Hirashiro
Yuuji Shimamoto
Kazuomi Susaki
Yutaka Ônishi
Michio Uematsu
Takahiro Ohno
Masaaki Ujô
Kagami Yoshiada
Yuji Hayashida
Production Design
Koji Endo
Original Music Composer
Nobuyasu Kita
Director of Photography
Jeremy Thomas
Toshiaki Nakazawa
Kenji Yamashita
Editor
Kaneo Ikegami
Original Story
Daisuke Tengan
Screenplay