Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern domain of Choshu enter the dojo of Saito Yakuro, the famed Shindo Munen Ryu swordsmen of Renpeikan in Edo. Katsura is initially not welcomed by the other, senior dojo followers. Undeterred, he focuses on improving his skill not only in swordsmanship but also learning how to repel the foreign British and American ships that threaten their domain.
Tsumasaburō Bandō
Katsura Kogoro
Shinobu Araki
Saito Yakuro
Tsushima Keiichiro
Shintaro
Mitsusaburō Ramon
Utanosuke
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Sagawa Hikokuro
Kusuo Abe
Amano Hachiro
Kōichi Katsuragi
Mito Noriaki
Shōzō Nanbu
Yoshida Shoin
Seishiro Hara
Katogi Tozo
Hiroshi Mizuno
Iwakichi
