In the Nagaoka domain (modern-day Niigata Prefecture), a retainer named proposed an unconventional idea. He suggested a race covering approximately 50 kilometers (roughly 31 miles) to test the physical endurance and military readiness of the clan's samurai.
Jinnai runs for himself. Princess Yuki runs for freedom. The assassin runs for revenge. The film argues that by the mid-19th century, the samurai code of bushido had already fractured. The marathon is simply the event that makes those fractures visible.
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