

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case of his career. In a masterfully woven tale, he has to face the truth about his estranged father’s possible involvement in a nefarious plot to take over rule of the Hizen Shimabara clan by assassinating the rightful lord, his son, and install one of Shogun Ienari’s offspring as daimyo.

Chiezo Kataoka
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Lead
Yoshie Mizutani
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Kikuko Hojo
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Yumiko Mihara
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Kenji Susukida
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Ryūji Shinagawa
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Eijirō Yanagi
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Yūnosuke Itō
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