A charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs.
Miyazono again plays a character named Okatsu in the final installment, Okatsu the Fugitive (1969), as the devoted daughter of parents who are put to death for refusing to release a document that could send a venal merchant to prison.
The fast-moving picture is a bit a hybrid between the ninkyô and the emerging jitsuroku sub-genres.
An action yakuza series.
Nikkatsu star Tatsuya Fuji's first film as a leading man at Toei.