Tsuneo Ikeda

Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi Fukuda.

The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s.

Au XVIIe siècle, le Japon n'est plus en guerre et le pays est dirigé avec fermeté. Hanshirô Tsugumo, un rônin (samouraï errant) sans travail parmi tant d'autres, décide de frapper à la porte du puissant clan des Ii. Reçu par Kageyu Saitô, l'intendant du clan, il lui demande la permission d'accomplir le suicide par harakiri dans la résidence. Tentant de l'en dissuader, Saitô commence alors à lui raconter l'histoire de Motome Chijiwa, un ancien rônin qui souhaitait accomplir, lui aussi, le même rituel.

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji. Historically, the general Akechi Mitsuhide is credited with causing Nobunaga's downfall. Kato's novel focuses on Mitsuhide's nephew Samanosuke, who fought alongside his uncle during the assault on Honnoji.