Set in Hokkaido, Japan in the 1880s. Jubei Kamata (Ken Watanabe), who is on the face of the Edo shogunate administration that kills lots of people. His name is infamous in Kyoto. When the battle at Goryoukaku is going to be finished, Jubei disappears. Ten decades after, Jubei resides with his kid in relative peace. He is able to earn a full time income. Protecting the grave of his dead wife, Jubei has chose to never pick up a sword , but due to poverty he has no choice except to pick on the sword . Jubei becomes a bounty hunter.