[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to overthrow him. It was the beginning of the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Three men attack a gunpowder maker in a farmhouse, the first chopping off his arm with his sickle-&-chain weapon, the second blinding him with sword, the third giving the killing blow. His son Kojiro Kosume escapes the attackers as everything he has known up to then explodes into conflagration. He grows up & enters the start of the Tokugawa Era, intent on avenging his father.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Raizō IchikawaKojiro Kasumi | Kojiro Kasumi |
 Michiyo YasudaAkane | Akane |
 Manami FujiChitose | Chitose |
 Yūnosuke ItōSadayu | Sadayu |
 Kenjirō IshiyamaNot listed | Not listed |
 Ryūtarō GomiNot listed | Not listed |
 Shōbun InoueNot listed | Not listed |
 Ryūzō ShimadaNot listed | Not listed |
 Fujio SugaNot listed | Not listed |
 Taketoshi NaitōNot listed | Not listed |
 Kōichi MizuharaNot listed | Not listed |
 Saburo DateNot listed | Not listed |
 Shōsaku SugiyamaNot listed | Not listed |
| SShintarō NanjōNot listed | Not listed |
 Eigorō OnoeNot listed | Not listed |
| SSeishiro HaraNot listed | Not listed |
| TTokio OkiNot listed | Not listed |
| YYoichi FunakiNot listed | Not listed |
 Gen KimuraNot listed | Not listed |