But Maeda has taken an interest in Shino, the woman who cares for his little son Nobuchiyo, and protects his dead wife's black cat.
Shino confides in her brother Takeuchi, a fencing teacher, that Maeda has asked her to marry him.
Shino and the man she is in love with, Atsumi, meet secretly in a mausoleum and decide to tell Lord Maeda they wish to marry.
The conspirators persuade Maeda to bring in a priest to exorcise the ghost, but they actually want him to cast a spell on Nobuchiyo to make him die, ensuring the succession of the child Natsue is going to have.
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