Musashi (played by Toshirô Mifune) and his friend Honda Tamahachi (played by みくにれんたろう) participated in the Battle of Sekihara, but Musashi suffered a disastrous defeat. The two lost their way while fleeing, but fortunately, Ajia (played by Mito Mito) and Ju Shi (played by Okada Mikako) rescued their mother and daughter. Musashi refuses A Jia's courtship and returns to his hometown Misaku alone, and yet eight abandons his hometown lover Atong (played by Kaoru Yachikusa) and joins A Jia.
Musashi was wanted by officers and soldiers for breaking through the checkpoint, and Yuba's mother was also resentful because he couldn't see her son, and Musashi became a target of public criticism. At the critical moment, the monk Sawaan (played by Kurobe Ongami) rescued Musashi and hung him from a tree to hone his will. The great master Miyamoto Musashi began to experience the first tribulation in his life.
