Scénář napsali Macutaró Kawaguči a Jošitaka Joda jako adaptaci románu a moderní divadelní hry tradice šinpa Šófúa Muramacua z roku 1932, inspirovaných životem herce jménem Kikunosuke Onoe II.
During the end of the shogunate, there was a group of black-clothed masked samurai known as the "Crow Squad" who resisted the shogunate's oppression, taking down key figures one by one.