 In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that s soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin s assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he s ordered to kill the inn s residents, including a woman he s rescued from an abusive husband. He s reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he s part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.