The drama centers on Ashikaga Takauji's rise to power, overthrowing the Kamakura shogunate and eventually establishing the Ashikaga shogunate.
Takauji Ashikaga
Masasue Kusunoki
Yasuko
Umanosuke Isshiki
Nakatoki Hôjô (as Yasunori Danda)
Masafusa Jingûji
Moronao Kô-no
Toshimoto Hino
Hisako
Norifusa Uesugi
Kiyoko Uesugi
[Small Man]
