Munemori, now the head of the Heike, receives a letter from Shigehira who has been captured by the Genji forces, requesting that Sacred Treasures be returned to Go-Shirakawa. Suspecting that Shigehira may not be spared, Munemori refuses. The Heike await an impending attack by the Genji-Yoshitsune alliance and Koremori despairs of the Heike surviving. Shigehira accepts the blame for the fiery destruction in Nara claiming it was not intentional. Koremori decides to become a monk and takes off by boat, encountering Biwa along the way who sees a vision of his death - he later suicides by drowning...