A traveler in Japan comes across three people pursuing a fleeing man; they almost capture and kill him with their swords. Helping the man escape his would-be killers, the traveler finds out that the man he aided murdered the father of one of his pursuers, and the three were seeking revenge and justice. Regretting his intervention the traveler begins his search for the fleeing man. He soon arrives at the ocean where a blind man, who is a thief, was beaten and needs help. The blind thief offers the traveler information on the escaping man.
