Yūji Nishimoto

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.

腕に自慢の巾着切りが間違って仇討免状をスリ取ったことからとんだ事件に巻きこまれる物語をコミカルなタッチで描いた軽妙時代劇。