Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino Sawanojiki, formed a bond with the theater's bodyguard, Maruhashi Tadayasu, and Kaku, a priest. He ended up settling at the Kasugaya, the house of Oko, whom he had saved. When Oko decided to go to Edo, where her biological father lived, Daisuke accompanied her. Along the way, at Suruga Abe River, they encountered Sawanojiki's theater group, which had departed from Osaka earlier heading to Edo. A scuffle initiated by Tadayasu over a ferry boat with the students of Yui Masayuki but was amicably resolved through Masayuki's intervention.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Kōkichi Takada櫟大介 | 櫟大介 |
 Eitarō Ozawa丸橋忠弥 | 丸橋忠弥 |
 Kōji Mitsui和尚廓念 | 和尚廓念 |
 Ichirō Ryūzaki由井正雪 | 由井正雪 |
 Yumeji Tsukioka忠弥の妻さと | 忠弥の妻さと |
 Michiko Saga梢 | 梢 |
 Kyoko Kamiお甲 | お甲 |
| CChinami Katsuura荻野沢之亟 | 荻野沢之亟 |
| NNorikazu Takeda春日屋弥兵衛 | 春日屋弥兵衛 |
| MMitsugu Terashima紀伊屋五左衛門 | 紀伊屋五左衛門 |
 Joji Kaieda松平伊豆守 | 松平伊豆守 |
 Chishū Ryū神尾備前守 | 神尾備前守 |
| KKeisuke Tanaka多間佐左衛門 | 多間佐左衛門 |
 Kōmei Minami石谷十蔵 | 石谷十蔵 |
| MMitsuo Nagata金井半兵衛 | 金井半兵衛 |
 Tomiemon Otomo熊谷三郎兵衛 | 熊谷三郎兵衛 |
| IIkkō Ōkuni武下舎人 | 武下舎人 |
| MMitsue Takigawa春日屋女房お直 | 春日屋女房お直 |
| TTadaoto Kainoshō老人侍（劇中劇） | 老人侍（劇中劇） |
| 小小松美鈴小姓（劇中劇） | 小姓（劇中劇） |
| EEiichi Nozawa弓師藤四郎 | 弓師藤四郎 |
| SSuzuko Taniお菊 | お菊 |