Episode Title:
The Cherry Blossoms Have Fallen.
Episode Description:
At Suruga Castle, Iemitsu's brother and rival, Tadanaga leaves for Edo to visit his dying mother. Meanwhile at remote Jison'in Village on Takano Mountain in the land of Kii, young Iga and Kouga ninja children, Rui, Shikibu Kora, Hachirou, Hachisu, Utsutsu, Saizou Ishi and Namenba play a deadly game of ninpou. When Utsutsu interferes in master Kazuma Kusanagi's practice, he strings her up in a tree, but Hachirou releases her...
