The Shimogamo family is incriminated for SÅun's death while YasaburÅ's friends set out to rescue him and Kaisei. Meanwhile, Yajiro returns from his trip, bringing back SÅun's eldest son who reveals not only that SÅun was not dead at all, but was impersonating him in another ploy to usurp the position of Nise-emon and get his revenge on the Shimogamos.