One day, while Nobushige [Masato Sakai] is enjoying his life in Kudoyama, Ukita Hideie's former vassal Akashi Teruzumi [Kensaku Kobayashi] comes visiting. Akashi entreats Nobushige to fight against Tokugawa Ieyasu [Seiyo Uchino] at Osaka Castle. Nobushige refuses, but then someone appears before him. What does Kiri [Masami Nagasawa] say to Nobushige when he learns about the parlous situation faced by Toyotomi Hideyori [Taishi Nakagawa] and Chacha [Yuko Takeuchi]? Pressed to make a difficult decision, Nobushige calls his son Daisuke [Seishu Uragami] and urges him to draw lots.
九度山での生活を楽しんでいた信繁(堺雅人)のもとへ、宇喜多秀家の家臣だった明石全登(小林顕作)が訪ねてくる。大坂城で徳川家康(内野聖陽)を相手に戦ってもらいたいと信繁に懇願する。信繁は断るが、そこに現れたのは…。そして豊臣秀頼(中川大志)と茶々(竹内結子)が苦境に立たされていることを知った信繁に、きり(長澤まさみ)は…。大きな決断を迫られた信繁は、息子の大助(浦上晟周)を呼び、くじを引けと迫る。
