On March 3rd, 1860, a group of 32 men assembled at the Sakurada Gates of the Edo Castle, and waited for Shogunate Elder li Naosuke to arrive. Their mission- ASSASSINATION! Legendary actor Mifune Toshiro, in one of his greatest and most complex roles, stars as Niiro Tsuruchiyo, a ronin who has joined the conspiracy in the hopes that taking Elder li's head will win him enough renown that one of the greatest Samurai houses will offer him a position. Fate has dealt Niiro many hard blows. The product of a youthful indiscretion, he doesn't know who his father is. An ill-fated love affair has broken his heart and delivered him into abject poverty. All he has left is his sword and his burning desire to succeed. Nothing, not even the lives of his friends, matters more than becoming a real Samurai. But what Niiro does not know, as he waits in the snow for the arrival of the Elder, is that cruel fate has not yet finished toying with him! This is a truly amazing film!

Also available as part of the Toshiro Mifune Collection Box Set.