Shadow Land/Stage 1

The introductory stage of the game is subtitled Jigoku Iriguchi (lit. "Gateway to Hell"), and begins with five Gray Zako walking towards Tarosuke. Each of them will leave a 200 money bag behind when killed, and there is also a 500 money bag embedded in the stone wall just before a staircase leading upwards. Four more 500 money bags are suspended in mid-air over a long pool of water inhabited by several Mizu, which will also leave 500 money bags behind when killed. Once you have made it to the other side of the pool, jump over the flame pit, collect the 500 money bag embedded in the stone wall and kill the four Hitotsume. Each of them will leave a 100 money bag behind when killed, and there are two more Gray Zako just before another upward staircase. Collect the three 500 money bags embedded in the stone wall before jumping into the next pool of water, then walk up to the Gama Gaeru once you have made it to the cloud platform in the middle - which will ask Tarosuke to bet on whether the dice it is throwing will land on "odds" or "evens". If you guess correctly, your amount of money will be doubled; however, if you guess incorrectly; you will lose half of your money to the Gama Gaeru. After this "mini-game" is over, a Big Mizu will rise out of the water. It will leave a 1000 money bag behind when killed, and there is also a Kao floating around in mid-air (which will leave a 500 money bag behind when killed). Once you have made it to the other side of the pool, a Bird will fly by and drop several bombs (which will each leave a 100 money bag behind when destroyed). Just before the drop into the boss's cave, there are several 200 and 500 money bags suspended in mid-air, along with three Green Zako (which, like the Gray ones, will leave a 200 money bag behind when killed), a Gaki (which will also leave a 500 money bag behind when killed), and two Gaeru (which will each leave a 100 money bag behind when killed). Once Tarosuke has walked off the edge of the platform, he will fall down into the boss's cave. The boss of the first stage is the Red Oni, who will attack by summoning four of his minions (which look exactly like him, only smaller) and two Yuurei. In order to summon Monmotaro, Tarosuke will kneel at the statue of Buddha and pray to it. Momotaro must drop an energy ball on each of the Oni's minions in order to defeat them all - and once he has done so, the Oni will disappear and leave a 100 money bag, a 500 money bag and a 10000 money block behind. Tarosuke will now proceed to the second stage, Kugyō no Michi, (lit. "Path of Penance").