Long ago, in distant Japan, feudal wars raged. A young, beautiful, and determined princess, heir to the ruling clan, and her loyal and resolute samurai were forced by fate to hide in the mountain wilderness, in a secret fortress unknown to anyone, from imminent destruction.

In order to reach safe territory, they came up with a plan: disguised as ordinary peasants, they would set off on a journey with a load of gold hidden in firewood.

They took two random vagabonds as their assistants, two scoundrels who, upon learning about the gold, could think of nothing else but gold.