Masaatsu Naito (Kuranosuke Sasaki) efficiently completes Sankin-kotai (needed routine to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has actually happened in his home town of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito recognizes that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. He goes back to Yunagaya, however locates that his castle is gone.
Masaatsu Naito (Kuranosuke Sasaki) efficiently completes Sankin-kotai (needed routine to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has actually happened in his home town of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito recognizes that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. He goes back to Yunagaya, however locates that his castle is gone.