Mino No Kage Gunshi (Shogakukan Bunko J Ko01-1 Shogakukan Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Fuwa Yosaburo pretended to be a fool every day. For his elder brother, Mitsuharu, one of the four Mino samurai who served Tatsuoki Saito, lord of Mino, his half-sibling was an obstacle to his inheritance. If he were to be noticed, he could be killed in the dark. However, despite his efforts, Yosaburo is falsely accused and sentenced to be beheaded. He is saved by a witness, Takenaka Hanbei, the lord of Bodaiyama Castle, but a trap set by Kishi Gonshichi, a retainer of the Fuwa family, puts him in a desperate situation.... As Yosaburo attempts to escape, Kinoshita Fujikichiro appears before him, offering to save him in exchange for a switch of allegiance to the Oda clan. The film depicts how an ambitious samurai becomes the sword of Takenaka Hanbei, Kinoshita Fujikichiro, and others!

不破与三郎は毎日愚かなふりをしていた。美濃国主斎藤龍興に仕える西美濃四人衆のひとりである兄の光治にとって、腹違いの自分は家督相続に邪魔な存在だからだ。下手に目を付けられれば、闇討ちされかねない。だが努力の甲斐なく、与三郎は濡れ衣を着せられ、斬首を言い渡されてしまう。辛くも立会人の菩提山城主竹中半兵衛に救われるが、不破家家老岸権七が仕掛けた罠で絶体絶命に...。逃走を図る与三郎の前に、織田家への鞍替えと引き換えに助けてやると言う木下藤吉郎が現れたが?青雲の志を抱く侍が竹中半兵衛や木下藤吉郎らの懐刀になるまでを描く!