1582年，以统一天下为目标的织田信长（中村桥之助），就将实现这样的梦想之前，却被家臣．明智光秀的造反下在本能寺被暗杀。然而，信长右腕的丰臣秀吉（奥田瑛二）决定在数日后要讨伐光秀，想以这样的功绩来继承信长之位，成立丰臣政权。这时出现了像彗星般的盗贼。他的名字叫石川五右卫门（江口洋介）。有着如超人般的体质，专门从有钱人盗取金银珠宝，分给那些贫穷的人们，而成为英雄平民。某天夜里，五右卫门正要开始偷取财宝中发现了一只南蛮制的箱子。在那个箱子中隐藏着重大的秘密…。

Goemon is a legendary master thief who roams at will throughout the chaotic world of the “Sengoku - Warring States”period. Being a charisma for the public, he steals from the riches and provides for the poor. One night, he unexpectedly steels a strange box from a wealthy merchant, which holds the key to the assassination of a leader who was killed on the eve before the unification of Japan . When the secret reveals, a conflict would rise putting all powers in chaos.