In the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate with the help of Enomoto Takeaki's navy. Honda Koroiku was one of them. He discreetly handed a departure note to his fiancée, Otosei, the daughter of Matsudaira Soebe, and left Edo. Otosei's cousin and Koroiku's friend, Domae Daikichi, was once a brave warrior of the shogunate army. However, he had since fallen into a life of debauchery in Yanagibashi and was rumored to be involved with a geisha named Orikki.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| IIchikawa Danjūrō XI本田小六 | 本田小六 |
 Shōroku Onoe II堂前大吉 | 堂前大吉 |
 Chikage Awashima芸者おりき | 芸者おりき |
 Michiko Sagaお登勢 | お登勢 |
 Mitsuko Kusabueお蝶 | お蝶 |
| IIchikawa Sadanji III松平掃部 | 松平掃部 |
 Shizue Natsukawa妻むら | 妻むら |
 Onoe Baiko VII醍醐光長 | 醍醐光長 |
| 七七代目坂東彥三郎中島恒次郎 | 中島恒次郎 |
 Shigeru Onoe船頭新兵衛 | 船頭新兵衛 |
 Jūshirō Konoe総督府参謀吉田 | 総督府参謀吉田 |
| SShimezo Kataoka官軍隊長黒岩 | 官軍隊長黒岩 |
| 助助高屋小伝次官吏関根 | 官吏関根 |
| MMinpei Tomimoto官吏打越 | 官吏打越 |
| 市市川照蔵家主 | 家主 |
| 尾尾上多賀之丞古道具屋主人 | 古道具屋主人 |
| 尾尾上菊十郎船頭甲 | 船頭甲 |
| 尾尾上菊蔵船頭乙 | 船頭乙 |
| 坂坂東薪蔵幇問桜川蝶作 | 幇問桜川蝶作 |
| 坂坂東光伸米つき徳松 | 米つき徳松 |
| 尾尾上多賀蔵浪人甲 | 浪人甲 |
| 坂坂東八重之助浪人乙 | 浪人乙 |
 Jotaro Togami浪人首領 | 浪人首領 |
| KKyōko Kusajima料亭女将 | 料亭女将 |