16世纪末4月的一天，在暴雨下，一代名人的生活在京都一座不起眼的豪宅里即将结束。房子的主人是享誉世界的茶道大师千里修（由石川海老仓饰演）。回顾过去，他在战国时代的混乱时期受到小田信长（Isegawa Yosuke饰演）的赏识，并曾利用自己的影响力拯救垂死的河内秀吉（Tomoto Ohmori饰演）。英雄的霸权消散了，秀吉成为了新一代的英雄，但逐渐对李修对美的不妥协追求和对权力的冷漠蔑视感到不满。本不该有交集的两人之间的裂痕似乎扩大了，这也注定了立秀的悲剧。生活即将过去，在妻子宗恩（中盖美治饰演）的陪伴和询问下，李修回忆起过去的岁月，以及他年轻时难忘的、命运攸关的爱情故事
The protagonist Masaru has just inherited a large amount of property after his father's death. However, people are trying to obtain it through any necessary means, even if it means killing him. Narumi helped Masaru avoid being kidnapped after struggling with strange characters. He discovered that they were not humans, but wooden puppets with astonishing power. After a difficult struggle, Narumi was forced to admit that he was not their opponent; Just as he began to believe that Masaru would be captured, Masaru's defender Shirogane came here from France with a weapon - the puppet Arlequin. The story of the Karakuri Circus begins here.
