Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his latest escapade of banging a samurai's wife, he finds that his love Okoyo (Eiko Matsuda), has managed to be recruited as one of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna's (Kantaro Suga) concubines. While attempting to win her back, Zenjiro becomes involved in increasingly murderous palace intrigues.

Eiko Matsuda
as Okoyo

Tokuko Watanabe
as Kumemura

Hiromi Maya
as Hatsuse

Yūsuke Kazato
as

Masataka Iwao
as

Ryumei Azuma
as Kikutaro

Akira Shioji
as

Rena Uchimura
as Nun

Mika Kaneko
as

Ryuji Katagiri
as