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
as Seiichi

Chihiro Yamamoto
as Satsuki iga

Hirotaro Honda
as Kenichi Naganuma

Masashi Goda
as Akihiko Kawashima

Rantaro Mine
as

Asahi Kurizuka
as

Michihiro Kinoshita
as

Yoshiyuki Shibata
as

Kazuaki Tai
as

Boiru Nakajima
as