Oniyasha never understood why people dance, much less why he was dancing in his father's theater troupe, until his encounter with an ailing and destitute shirabyoshi dancer. Moved by the raw emotion of her desperate, powerful performance, he awakens to the goodness in dance and devotes himself to the arts. Recognizing his growth, his father selects him to play a major role at the festivities at Imakumano Shrine, where the shogun himself will be in attendance. But distracted by everything at stake in this make-or-break moment, Oniyasha loses track of the beat...
