One day in April at the end of the 16th century, in a humble mansion in Kyoto soaked by heavy rain, the life of a generation of celebrities was coming to an end. The owner of the house is Sen no Rikyu (played by Ichikawa Ebizo), a world-renowned tea ceremony master. Looking back on the past, he was appreciated by Oda Nobunaga (played by Iseya Yusuke) during the Warring States Period, and used his influence to save Hashiba Hideyoshi (played by Omori Nanto) who was on the verge of death. The hero's hegemony disappeared, and Hideyoshi became a new generation of heroes, but gradually became dissatisfied with Rikyu's uncompromising pursuit of beauty and his indifferent contempt for power. The two people who should not have had any intersection, the rift is getting bigger and bigger, which seems to have doomed Rikyu's tragedy. As his life is about to pass away, accompanied and questioned by his wife Soen (played by Nakatani Miki), Rikyu recalls the past years and the unforgettable love affair in his youth that influenced his destiny...