The industrial revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livelihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to accept her position as second generation leader of the Yano Family. But the ceremony is interrupted by fighting between local boatmen and railroad works. And it seems a rival family is pulling the strings behind the clashes.
Sumiko Fuji
Ryuko Yano
Hiroyuki Nagato
Bin Amatsu
Arrakida
Ken Takakura
Koji Yashiro
Kyōsuke Machida
Fujimatsu
Hōsei Komatsu
Shunya Wazaki
Tatsuo Endō
