幕末时期,四维动荡。新撰组虽然网罗四方高手,但已有名无实。适值此时,来自盛冈南部藩的吉村贯一郎(中井贵一 饰)加入新撰组,其为人油滑悭吝,然非凡的剑术与缜密精细的头脑令土方岁三(野村祐人 饰)、斋藤一(佐藤浩市 饰)、冲田总司(堺雅人 饰)等名侍也不由得暗自钦佩。随着倒幕运动初露端倪,新撰组统归幕府直接领导,其血腥无情的作风更被世人称作“壬生之狼”。值此关隘,伊东甲子太郎(斋藤步 饰)等人不愿沦为幕府走狗,反出新撰组。最强大的武士部队分裂,与之相伴的必然是一场混杂着阴谋和杀戮的腥风血雨…… 本片根据浅田次郎的同名历史小说改编,荣获2004年第27届日本电影金像奖包括最佳影片、最佳男主角、最佳男配角等数个奖项。Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them. In his search he joins a notorious clan, known as the Shinsengumi where he does as much as possible to get money. Looked at as a money grubber,Yoshimura proves his strength physically and mentally by being loyal to his honor. During the dramatic period, with the rise of the Emperor and the fall of the Shogun. Yoshimura shows us the struggle of life in a personal way, by changing the lives of the people he meets and the way life is looked at.