When a criminal boss Higuruma kills his rival and a witness, an old man who tried to protect a sacred site, he believes a young girl in the old man's care, Miyo, was also a witness and escaped with the evidence of his criminal activity. Higuruma and his men hunt down Miyo as she tries to find her missing father with the help of a swordsman, Hyakasuro, while the boss and his men are haunted by the curse of the yokai of the land they desecrated.