Overview

In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle nears collapse, Anzai demands a seed from Yoshimi’s lineage, specifically from his wife, Fushihime. Outraged but facing annihilation, Yoshimi gives Fushihime a string of eight ancestral beads and urges her to escape to loyal retainer Inuda Kobungo. Instead, she goes alone to Anzai, followed by her dog, Hachibo. In a twist, Hachibo attacks and kills Anzai, allowing Fushihime to escape. She later reveals that the beads protected her and predicts that eight warriors bearing these beads will someday defend the Satomi family before passing away. Yoshimi finds one of the beads in Inuzuka Nobuno’s armor and convinces her to serve him. Meanwhile, Baka Daiki, plotting to overthrow Satomi, imprisons Inukawa Shosuke, who tries to intervene, under the watch of vassal Aminen Saomojiro.

Top Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Inuzuka Shino

Hiroshi Ogasawara

Shoji Nakayama

Inuyama Dôsetsu

Misako Uji

Hamaji

K

Keinosuke Wada

Inukawa Sôsuke

Yōichi Numata

Inue Shinbee

Tetsuro Tamba

Aboshi Samajirô

Kusuo Abe

Umaka Hiroki

S

Saburō Bōya

Akaiwa Ikkaku

H

Hiroshi Ayukawa

Inuta Kobungo

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Inumura Kakutarô

A

Akira Nakamura