Now in full control of the Takeda army, Katsuyori leads the counter-offensive against Nobunaga, resulting in the Battle of Nagashino. Although courageous in their assault, wave after wave of attacking Takeda cavalry and infantry are cut down by volleys of "tanegashima" fire from Oda troops deployed behind wooden stockades, effectively eliminating the Takeda army. The exiled "kagemusha", who has followed the Takeda army, is dismayed and in a final show of loyalty, he takes up a spear and makes a hopeless charge against the Oda lines. Mortally wounded, the "kagemusha" attempts futilely to retrieve the "fūrinkazan" banner, which had fallen into a river, but succumbs to his wounds in the water. His body floats past it as the film concludes with a long shot of the abandoned "fūrinkazan".