you play as a samurai who had pledged there life to protecting the emperor, one day the 12 shoguns that reside over japan visit the emperor and kill him, the shoguns then command the samurai to kill the remaining cancel members that served the emperor, but you refuse and decide to save the emperors daughter and escape the palace, but as you reach the main gate you are surrounded and captured, you are then stabbed and your body thrown into the river.
you are rescued by a farmer who heals your wounds, when you are healed he tells you about what the shoguns taking control of japan, and the farmer tells you about the shogun that has taken control of this regain you find your self and you set out to kill all the shoguns and save the emperors daughter