Sawatari Shusui was told about 7,000 ryo of buried gold by Osuke, who claimed to be a princess of the Fujiwara family. Shusui speculates that powerful people in the Date family and the shogunate are planning to overthrow the shogunate using buried gold and gets excited about a major national crisis. He gets separated from Osuke due to interference but with the help of his sister Kikuji and others he tracks down Osuke's whereabouts. He then realizes that Osuke is not from the Fujiwara family but is actually the daughter of Edo elder Itakura Shōken who has been confined under the pretext of an epidemic disease. Having promised to help Osuke, Shusui goes up to Edo Castle and advises shogun Tsunayoshi not to visit Nikkō Tōshō-gū Shrine which has been restored by Date family because "evil spirits are attached". However, Tsunayoshi is furious and orders him to stay under house arrest.

Naoko Kawai

Kinya Kitaoji

Sawatari Shusui

Hiro Komura

Kikuji

Hiroyuki Nagato

Shogun Tsunayoshi

Joe Shishido

Chikako Kaku

Osuke

• Akinori MatsuoDirector
• Shigeko MatsudairaScreenplay

Release date

August 15, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Action, Drama, History

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