In the 15th year of the Meiji era (1882), Ōkuma Shigenobu, expelled from the Council of State by the Satsuma-Chōshō clique, poured his personal fortune into establishing the Tokyo Professional School in a tea field in Waseda Village. With seven professors, including Takada Sanae and Tsubouchi Yūzō, and eighty-seven students, government interference extended even to finances; Ono Azusa, who tirelessly worked to secure funding, died from overwork.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Eitarō OzawaŌkuma Shigenob | Ōkuma Shigenob |
 Shizue NatsukawaWife Ayako | Wife Ayako |
 Yūnosuke ItōKoganei Daisuke | Koganei Daisuke |
 Ryutaro OtomoSuginoe Kōji | Suginoe Kōji |
 Eijirō TōnoGuest Nomura | Guest Nomura |
 Kinzō ShinOno Azusa (1884) | Ono Azusa (1884) |
 Tatsuya IshiguroTakada Sanae (1884) | Takada Sanae (1884) |
 Shin TokudaijiKurishima Tsuneki, assassin | Kurishima Tsuneki, assassin |
 Hisako YamaneMarie | Marie |
 Shūji SanoNamishima Gen'ichi | Namishima Gen'ichi |
 Takashi KandaTakami Gōhei | Takami Gōhei |
 Nobuo KanekoHotani Nitarō | Hotani Nitarō |
| YYasushi NagataTsubouchi Yūzō | Tsubouchi Yūzō |
| SSugisaku AoyamaGuest Watanabe | Guest Watanabe |
 Tomo'o NagaiStudent Mizuno | Student Mizuno |
 Yoshibumi TajimaDetective | Detective |
| JJunji MasudaNishikata Gensuke | Nishikata Gensuke |
 Koreya SendaKageyama Haruo | Kageyama Haruo |
 Kaneko IwasakiFemale Student | Female Student |
| GGen FunabashiNamishima Keikichi | Namishima Keikichi |
| MMasanori OguraYounger Brother Susumu | Younger Brother Susumu |
 Yumiko MiyaginoKitade Miki | Kitade Miki |
 Tetsunosuke TsukigataSozaki Sanzō | Sozaki Sanzō |