The Great Kiling
(Dai Satsujin)

Jinbo is a young swordsman whose wife was needlessly killed by an overzealous battalion of government forces hunting for dissenters. On the run and alone, Jinbo initially crosses paths with a hedonistic ronin who has turned his back on society and politics. After spending a night at his hide-out, Jinbo leaves him, disgusted at his apolitical stance, and goes in search of more likeminded company, eventually falling in with a group of conspirators who, for revenge, intend to kill the shogun’s heir.