It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and performer Kataoka Koshin is reaching its climax when the Tawaraya family interferes... This is an entertaining action film bursting with righteousness and humanity, centred on men who try to live righteously against a corrupt boss who preys on the performers.

Akira Kobayashi
as Koiso Kikuji

Hideki Takahashi
as Sokichi

Ruriko Asaoka
as Koshin Kataoka

Joe Shishido
as

Tetsuya Watari
as

Michitarō Mizushima
as

Isamu Kosugi
as Iwamatsu Koiso

Shōki Fukae
as Tawaraya

Eiji Gō
as Furusawa Takeshi

Toshizō Kudō
as