The story of the film took place between 1876 and 1877, a period of turbulent riots in Japan's decline of the samurai class. Samurai was once a privileged class in Japanese feudal history. By the end of the Edo period, the samurai class began to divide, and the life of the lower samurai deteriorated sharply, and many of them were not allowed to engage in agriculture and small businesses privately. The continuous riots of overwhelmed peasants, coupled with the opening of the Japanese gate by U.S. Commodore Perry in 1853, made people see the serious crisis of the Tokugawa shogunate more clearly, and this led to the downfall movement with samurai as the main body.
U.S. Civil War veteran Captain Nathan Algelandwas appointed by the government to train Japan’s first modern firearms army for the emperor. The Meiji emperor intends to completely eradicate the last of the old Japanese generals. The remnants-samurai, laid the foundation for the formulation of new and more westernized policies and the promotion of foreign trade.
The first thing that the army trained by Agron had to deal with was the samurai group that prevented the army from changing. After a fierce battle in thick fog, the army was defeated, and the leader of the samurai group Mori Katsumoto captured him.
Living in a village where samurai and their families live, Agren discovered that from the spiritual and physical practice of Bushido, he seems to have found a sense of honor that a warrior deserves, and cherishes cherishment with Katsumoto. At the same time, under the care of's younger sister, Doreko, delicate feelings arose between them.
Unknowingly, he is in the center of the vortex of the struggle between the two camps. He must make a decision according to his own mind, choosing which side to follow.
