In 1969, four of Japan's greatest directors, Akira Kurosawa, Kon Ichikwawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, and Masaki Kobayashi, formed the "Yonki no Kai" (Four Musketeers) production company, only to see it close down after its first film was a commercial failure. Now Kon Ichikawa, the last surviving Musketeer, has brought their long-lost samurai classic to the screen as a tribute to his fall comrades.

Koheita (Koji Yakusho) is a samurai with such a reputation for debauchery that his nickname is "Dora Heita" (Alley Cat), so his appointment as a magistrate of the most corrupt township in all of Japan raises a few eyebrows on both sides of the law... But little does everyone know that it's all a carefully constructed front to outwit the criminals and outfight the righteous samurai who thinks he's too disgraceful to be allowed to live.

Spoken Languages: Japanese, English subtitles.