The Uprooted Pine

About the show

Courtesan Azuma loves the merchant Yojibei, but his wife and family prevent him from buying out her contract. Poor laborer Yohei, who also loves Azuma, vows to make a fortune and free her; after a fight puts Yojibei under threat of execution, Yohei returns from Edo to ransom Azuma and reunite her with Yojibei.