The Chief's assistant Yanokichi reminds Kayo, a woman who owns an inn, that she has an old debt to pay. Yanokichi has a young samurai with him, but he seems disinterested in following Yanokichi's instructions. The samurai meets Ichi on the way out and senses that he is a good swordsman. Kayo came from a poor family and went to Edo to work as a servant. She accidentally splashed water on passing Chief Kanroshi Daigoro and was dismissed. Starving, she took a persimmon from a tree but Daigoro saw it and blackmailed her. Tomo, a vagrant Kayo employed and who secretly loves her, goes out and kills Daigoro...