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. Sekiguchi Soroku, a chief retainer's son, who has had warm feelings for Tsuyu for a while starts to bother Mosui when he learns of his relationship to Otsuyu. Despite his efforts, however, the innocent Otsuyu's father arranges for the two love birds to marry each other. Suddenly, Mosui is ordered t...