Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.
japan
samurai
based on novel or book
based on true story
sword fight
tokyo, japan
ronin
jidaigeki
edo period
19th century
bakumatsu