Shortly after the start of the Meiji period, a former samurai under the Edo Shogunate, Jubei Kamata a.k.a "Jubei the Killer" flees from government forces and disappears. Years later, Kingo Baba, an old associate of Jubei, finds him in a farm and ask for his help to kill two men for bounty. During they tries to hunt the two, they are taunted and beaten by government officers, that leads them to confront with these guys.