Kyuudou Shikon: Kyoto Sanjuusangen-dou Tooshiya Monogatari(1969)

Kyuudou Shikon: Kyoto Sanjuusangen-dou Tooshiya Monogatari

1606. The city of Kyoto becomes the center of attention when a samurai sets up a peculiar record : making fifity arrows pass through the gallery of a temple. As the record is beaten again and again by talented archers and this challenge becomes the event known as Tôshiya, the feudal lords of the country become desirous to boast with having formed the one archer who will set an unreachable record and hold once and for all the title of the "First under the Sky". When avenging the accidental death of his father, Kanza, a low-rank samurai, becomes sucked into this battle of will, honour and pride, and devotes himself completely to the training for the Tôshiya...