In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle nears collapse, Anzai demands a seed from Yoshimi’s lineage, specifically from his wife, Fushihime. Outraged but facing annihilation, Yoshimi gives Fushihime a string of eight ancestral beads and urges her to escape to loyal retainer Inuda Kobungo. Instead, she goes alone to Anzai, followed by her dog, Hachibo. In a twist, Hachibo attacks and kills Anzai, allowing Fushihime to escape. She later reveals that the beads protected her and predicts that eight warriors bearing these beads will someday defend the Satomi family before passing away. Yoshimi finds one of the beads in Inuzuka Nobuno’s armor and convinces her to serve him. Meanwhile, Baka Daiki, plotting to overthrow Satomi, imprisons Inukawa Shosuke, who tries to intervene, under the watch of vassal Aminen Saomojiro.
as Inuzuka Shino
as Inuyama Dôsetsu
as Hamaji
as Inukawa Sôsuke
as Inue Shinbee
as Aboshi Samajirô
as Umaka Hiroki
as Akaiwa Ikkaku
as Inuta Kobungo
as Inumura Kakutarô
as Satomi Yoshimi
as Funamushi
as Fusehime
as Wakaogi
as Isarako
as Prison Guard
as Chigusa
as Sugikura Kisonosuke
as Anzai Kagetsura
