People in the village are aware that the widow Kimura seeks revenge for the murder of her husband. They know that the widow's husband trained her well in wielding a katana, both for her own protection and, if the need arose, to avenge his untimely demise. The widow Kimura has villagers loyal to her, who act as her eyes and ears. One villager, an elderly woman named Mei, visited the widow to inform her that the chief bandit, the one responsible for killing her husband, is coming to tie up what he considers a loose end. The widow waits patiently with two possibilities: either kill the chief bandit outright, or seduce him to fornicate with her long enough for her to slit his miserable throat...