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