Nami Matsuhima es una mujer que se enamora completamente de Sumigi, un policía corrupto. Sugimi buscando ascender en su carrera, convence a Nami para que se infiltre en un clan yakuza que quiere detener. Tras lograr su objetivo, Sugimi se olvida de ella, que se siente traicionada e intenta asesinarle. Como consecuencia, Matsu acaba en la cárcel, donde sufrirá todo tipo de torturas y abusos por parte de los guardias y prisioneras, mientras trata de escaparse para poder completar su venganza. Primera entrega de la saga Sasori.
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
