After a member in the group of the father and son of the Ono is driven away with a gun, Katsumoto who goes to the bank of the Yodo-gawa River alone before dawn stares at Osaka-jo castle in the distance with emotion as he waits for Shigenari KIMURA.
且元を討とうとする大野親子の一味が鉄砲で追われた後、ただ一騎でやってきた且元は、夜明け前の淀川の堤で遠く大阪城をながめ感慨にふけりながら、木村重成を待つ。