1560年,尾张国境内爆发了影响日本战国格局的桶狭间之战,织田信长(天海祐希 饰)以寡敌众,一战成名,但几乎很少有人知道,这位风云大名竟然是女儿身。作为织田家的“嫡长子”,信长自幼渴望为天下带来和平,但其尴尬身份又使得她充满焦虑和烦躁。父亲死后,信长平定弟弟的叛乱,在战争的洗礼中不断成长壮大,与浅井长政(玉山铁二 饰)、明智光秀(内野圣阳 饰)、德川家康(藤木直人 饰)、羽柴秀吉(伊势谷友介 饰)等响当当的人物产生剪不断理还乱的纠葛和羁绊。身处杀戮与征伐的乱世,第六天魔王徘徊在男与女的不同身份之间,沿着不可改变的宿命挥刀前行……
本片根据佐藤贤一的同名原著改编。。During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open. His arrival arouses curiosity and a degree of suspicion, as people note that he appears to know the area, yet gives no explanation for his presence at that bleak time of year in the dead-end town.。