Masakichi, a fisherman who picked up a priest statue from a wrecked ship, is visited by it in his dreams. The merchants of Kyoto are attacked by bandits.  They manage to escape but their horses and goods are stolen. A loser meets the god of death, who tells him to become a doctor.  He does as he's told and immediately becomes very rich...
Now it was a battle of patience 
between the God of Death
Comenzó la prueba de paciencia 
entre el dios de la muerte y el hombre.
Comenzó una prueba de paciencia 
entre el dios de la muerte y el hombre.
Foi uma luta de paciência 
entre o deus da morte