Shikakenin Baian

This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenamis popular novel featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo Nakamura who made the transition from the Kabuki world to the film industry and a cast of gorgeous and diverse faces The Edo period Nagato Abe a Hatamoto a feudal lord is annoyed by his sons bad behavior and when it becomes a hindrance to his own career he asks Otowaya Hanemon a black marketeer to assassinate his son The target is then taken care of by the assassin Umeyasu In order to keep his mouth shut Nagatomon no Mamoru also attempts to take Otowayas life Nagatos brotherinlaw Omiya Sahei a corrupt merchant from the Kamigata region also plans to replace Otowaya as the head of Edos black market business so Umebayashi and his fellow trapper Hikojiro set out to eliminate them