Yoshitsune is restless as the day for Shizuka’s departure for Kyoto draws near. Yoshitsune hears from Kichiji about confusion in Kyoto after the transfer of the capital to Fukuhara. Hearing also about Kyoto’s devastation in Fukuhara, ex-emperor Goshirakawa pleads with Tairano Munemori to let him return to Kyoto. Although Kiyomori turns down Munemori’s petition for the return, he decides to go back to Kyoto as he realizes other members of Heike also wish for their return. Yoshitsune in Kamakura hears the news. He feels sympathetic towards Kiyomori and understands Kiyomori's sadness and loneliness for not being able to be understood by any member of his own kin. Yoshitsune witnesses Masako being jealous when she comes to know about the relationship between Yoritomo and Kamenomae. This incident inspires Yoshitsune to reveal his own feeling towards Shizuka and to confirm her feeling towards him. Though Yoshitsune and Shizuka spend a happy time together, Hojo Tokimasa and Masako urge Yoritomo to turn away Yoshitsune from his side.
福原遷都で、荒れ果てた京を嘆く後白河法皇（平幹二朗）に懇願され、平宗盛（鶴見辰吾）は清盛（渡哲也）に都帰りを進言。一方鎌倉では、頼朝（中井貴一）と亀の前（松嶋尚美）の関係を知った政子（財前直見）が、嫉妬（しっと）に打ち震えていた。男と女の激情にふれた義経（滝沢秀明）と静（石原さとみ）は、互いの気持を確認し結ばれる。そんな折、政子と北条時政（小林稔侍）が、義経を退けるよう頼朝に進言する。
