Naoe Kanetsugu and Maeda Keiji, two legendary samurai, share a drink and look back on the time they first met.

The uwanariuchi is about to take place and someone, possibly Maeda Keiji, doesn't want Kanetsugu to get involved.

Kagekatsu is summoned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and is ordered to conquer the Sado Province; Kanetsugu suspects it may be a trap.

The Uesugi army arrives at Sado Island, and Naoe Kanetsugu and Uesugi Kagekatsu meet with the head of one of Honma clans, Honma Takatsuna.

The North and South armies of Sado continue their farce of a battle, and the North sends farmers dressed up as soldiers to the river to be shot.

The men recall another time when the Uesugi clan was in danger, beginning with a young Kanetsugu visiting Oda Nobunaga.