A mother raises two sons alone after her husband dies. A boy at a temple hides two buns to give them to a kind family, but snow falls and he doesn't know where they are... The Tengu of Mt. Kurama gives Ushiwakamaru his father's sword, and trains him to become a great samurai.
He was the leader of the Heike, 
who had killed the children's father.
Ele era o líder dos Heike, que 
mataram o pai das crianças.