In the Haisaka clan of the shogunate at the end of the shogunate, the junior samurai Qingbingwei (Hiroshi Mada), a junior samurai, took care of his dementia mother and two young daughters at a meagre salary after his wife died. Because he hurried home after work every day and never took part in social activities, he was jokingly called "Qingbingwei at dusk" by his colleagues. After Pengjiang (Miyazawa Lihui), who grew up with the Qing soldiers, divorced her husband and returned to her mother's home, he often went to the Qing soldiers' home to take care of his mother and daughter, which attracted a lot of gossip. Qing Bingwei showed superb swordsmanship to repel the unreasonable entanglement of Pengjiang's ex-husband, but when Pengjiang's brother suggested him to marry Pengjiang, he declined the kindness because he did not want Pengjiang to endure hardships, causing Pengjiang to disappear from his home ever since. When the lord learned of the ability of the Qing soldiers, he ordered him to execute a rebellious samurai whose enemies could not be defended by several people. Before leaving, Qing Bingwei confessed to Pengjiang the love that had been hidden from the bottom of his heart for a long time, and did not want the other party to have agreed to another marriage. Qing Bingwei sadly embarked on the uncertain road of life and death.
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