Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail guard & the escape of a criminal who is later himself killed. His dying words in Umon's arms were, "I didn't kill the guard." The murdered criminal had been a safe-cracker & only his girlfriend knows where he hid a fortune. She is kidnapped, so the plot gets thicker & thicker.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Ryutaro OtomoKondo Umon | Kondo Umon |
 Eitarō ShindōKeishiro Murakami | Keishiro Murakami |
 Toshio TakaharaTalking Denroku | Talking Denroku |
 Minoru ChiakiKakurai Yosuke | Kakurai Yosuke |
 Naoko KuboOsen | Osen |
 Isao KimuraTomokichi | Tomokichi |
 Hiroko SakuramachiOrin | Orin |
 Kensaku HaraYagoro | Yagoro |
 Akira ShiojiMatsuya's guests | Matsuya's guests |
| SShun'ichi IkeNot listed | Not listed |
| MMichiyo MoriNot listed | Not listed |
| SShinju KasugaNot listed | Not listed |
| SShūjirō KijimaNot listed | Not listed |
 Harue AkagiNot listed | Not listed |
| KKeiko KugaNot listed | Not listed |
| RReiko OtoriNot listed | Not listed |