is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. Based on the novel Kumokiri Nizaemon written by Shōtarō Ikenami.
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai as Kumokiri Nizaemon
Shima Iwashita as Chiyo
Kōshirō Matsumoto as Shikubu Abe
Takashi Yamaguchi as Tsugutomo Owari
Isao Natsuyagi
Hiroyuki Nagato
Rinichi Yamamoto
Kunie Tanaka
Shingo Yamashiro
Tatsuo Umemiya
Takuzo Kawatani
Hideo Takamatsu as Yamada Tobei
Tappie Shimokawa as Jihei
Tetsurō Tamba as Kichibei
Keiko Matsuzaka as Shino
Junko Miyashita as Menbiki Okyo
Ryōhei Uchida as Yomohichi Chiaki
Mitsuko Baishō as Omatsu
Mikio Narita
Go Kato
Production
Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art direction
Reception
Jason Buchanan at AllMovie says that director Hideo Gosha makes a "triumphant return to the samurai genre with this plot twisting, nerve shredding tale", but critic Alexander Jacoby calls it "a bland chanbara".