Stalwart samurai Takuma (Raizô Ichikawa) thought he was honoring the code when he agreed to take the blame for a murder committed by his daimyo's son, and to go on the run for a year till matters cooled. However, the promised exoneration never came-and he faced an ever more degrading life as a fugitive as even his own clansmen hunted him. Underseen chanbara effort from director Tokuzô Tanaka co-stars Kaoru Yachigusa, Shiho Fujimura. 87 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes. In Japanese with English subtitles.