First Aired: December 29th, 2004
Summary: A story of a young samurai, Bunshiro Maki from small Unasaka Domain in Tohoku region in the Edo Period. In spite of poverty and many difficulties, he finally avenges his father’s death by struggling through his fate with a warm feeling towards the woman of his first love, Fuku. Based on a novel written by Shuhei Fujisawa.