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A band of five thieves uses disguises and schemes around a stolen incense burner. Benten Kozō disguises himself as a young woman to rob a cloth shop, where a family revelation changes the thieves’ fate; the five later reveal their identities in riverbank monologues, and Kozō dies seeking to atone for his crimes.
As Yoshitsune flees his brother's persecution, his retainer Benkei meets him at the port. After Yoshitsune's companion Shizuka leaves following a bad omen, a storm at sea brings an attack by ghosts including Taira no Tomomori; Benkei's prayers finally drive the spirits away.
Three thieves named Kichisa—Osho, a former Buddhist priest; Ojo, raised as a woman; and Obo, a former retainer’s son—meet by the Sumida River, become blood brothers and commit crimes. Their fate is bound up with 100 ryo and a precious sword; they are eventually pursued and arrested in a snowfall. The full play also interweaves the love story of Bunsato and the courtesan Hitoe.
A band of five thieves uses disguises and schemes around a stolen incense burner. Benten Kozō disguises himself as a young woman to rob a cloth shop, where a family revelation changes the thieves’ fate; the five later reveal their identities in riverbank monologues, and Kozō dies seeking to atone for his crimes.
As Yoshitsune flees his brother's persecution, his retainer Benkei meets him at the port. After Yoshitsune's companion Shizuka leaves following a bad omen, a storm at sea brings an attack by ghosts including Taira no Tomomori; Benkei's prayers finally drive the spirits away.
Three thieves named Kichisa—Osho, a former Buddhist priest; Ojo, raised as a woman; and Obo, a former retainer’s son—meet by the Sumida River, become blood brothers and commit crimes. Their fate is bound up with 100 ryo and a precious sword; they are eventually pursued and arrested in a snowfall. The full play also interweaves the love story of Bunsato and the courtesan Hitoe.