Midon the fisherman is wounded and can't go fishing.  He borrows money from a samurai, but can't pay it back. A wife gets mad at her drunkard husband and returns to her parents.  But she misses her husband now that she's left him. A young servant named Sutekichi loves katanas.  He wants his own, so he pays a blacksmith with a thousand logs to make one for him.
better than all the ones in 
the mansion put together.
Kisenbamaru era mejor que todas 
las espadas que él tenía.
Kisenbamaru era mucho mejor 
que cualquiera de sus espadas.
melhor do que todas as 
outras da mansão juntas.