Isao Hashidume

Sazen is tasked with uncovering the killers of a mysterious spirit regularly seen on the Okawa River.

In this made-for-television movie, director Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa brought together Fujita Makoto and Masahiro Takashima for the remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Red Beard! A physician and his assistant work desperately to save lives in the face of budget cutbacks at their clinic.

In the city of Edo, when recession started creeping into society, a bandit named Dark Boy appears in the streets and gains the people's appreciation. The shogunate, however, is unable to leave him alone, and order their forces to capture him.