Follows a French chef who divorces his Japanese wife and loses all custody rights of his three-year daughter. He decides to quit his job and becomes a taxi driver, in hopes to find his daughter and her mother while driving across the city.

已是江户时代后期，时有明石藩江户之家老间宫图书（内野聖陽 饰）在幕府老中土井大炊头（平幹二朗 饰）的宅前自杀，此举引起朝野震动。一切皆由明石藩主齐昭（稲垣吾郎 饰）而起。齐昭系现任将军的异母弟弟，其人嗜血如命、暴虐无常，引起朝廷上下诸多人等的不满，然齐昭已内定成为下任老中。为免苍生遭其荼毒，土井授意岛田新作卫门（役所広司 饰）在齐昭回藩途中予以刺杀。新左卫门召集了仓永左平太（松方弘樹 饰）、三桥军次郎（沢村一樹 饰）、平山九十郎（伊原剛志 饰）等13名刺客，在齐昭的必经之地布下层层埋伏……　　本片翻拍自工藤荣一1963年同名经典名作，新版剧本由著名导演今村昌平之子天愿大介担任，该片荣获2010年日本电影旬报十佳影片第4名。