When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Kanichiro Yoshimura (Kiichi Nakai) is a samurai whose small-town clan pays him too little to feed his wife and children, and he cannot stand to watch them go without. So he leaves for the city to find better wages, a decision made out of love for the family he is leaving behind. Yojiro Takita builds the film around the household and the people in it, and treats the swordplay as the lesser part.