After master swordsman Ogami Itto (Tomisaburo Wakayama) rescues a prostitute by volunteering to take on her punishment -- a brutal beating -- an impressed official hires Ogami to assassinate a corrupt governor. But events soon force the wandering warrior to go on the run to escape numerous assassins. This action-packed third film from the Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub series co-stars Yuko Hamada and Michitaro Mizushima