Kajinosuke Tanikaze, a great yokozuna from Edo, and his party come to Dondoro, a small village deep in the mountains, for a sumo performance. A sumo wrestler named Kotogawa recruits opponents for amateur sumo wrestling, but the person who comes out is a child. However, due to Kinta's strength, Tanikaze invites him to become a sumo wrestler. Kinta's father is against it, but Tanikaze, who despises Kinta's talent, persuades him. And with his father's permission, Kinta goes to Edo...