Date Mosui, a young samurai, one day gets a scolding from a nameless ronin that sets him thinking about what life is all about and his ways of living. His frined, Ando Kichinosuke, is alarmed at Mosui's despondency and invites him to his house as his little sister Tsuyu and he try to cheer him up.

An adventurer and two accomplices unexpectedly invite themselves to a sword tournament and are offered a job with the lord who organized the competition.

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.