A down-and-out scriptwriter spends his days and nights in the bars of Tokyo. When he is thrown out of a joint because it is closing time, there is always a willing lady to spend the rest of the night with. In the street he has countless semi-philosophical discussions with fellow drinkers, male and female, (shot in black-and-white, as prologue to the different chapters) but in the end it often comes down to one thing: the bottle of whisky that has to be finished. An encounter with a homeless young man with AIDS marks a turning point in the life of the writer.
This episode starts with a request for a pop-star to be raped into humility by her personal-assistant, who the star had treated like crap. The pop-star get's hers when Rapeman shows her that she ain't always the boss. From there the story shifts gears when a Senator's secretary seeks out Rapeman's services to rape his fiancé who has been brainwashed by a local cult. According to the by-laws of the cult - if the woman has sex with a non-member, then she will be disassociated from the cult, thus bringing the wife back to her husband. This back-fires when the cult does not ex-communicate her - so Keisuke and Uncle infiltrate the cult to get to the bottom of their shady dealings. The resulting investigation embroils the duo in a conspiracy between the cult and a sleazy politician that can only be "righted through penetration"...
黒澤明監督自身が見た夢をベースに、時に美しく、時に残酷な8つの物語がオムニバス形式でつづられ、豊潤なイメージ世界が描かれる作品。きつねの嫁入りを見た少年の話「日照り雨」。花吹雪の中、人形たちが舞い踊る「桃畑」。戦争で生き残った男が体験する不可思議な物語「トンネル」。ゴッホが絵画の世界に入り込んだ「鴉(からす)」。原発の恐怖を描いた「赤富士」など、8つの物語が、時に美しく、時に残酷にオムニバス形式でつづられていく。黒澤監督の豊潤なイメージ世界を堪能できる作品。
安部譲二のベストセラーを映画化した“極道版”青春ドラマ。元銀行マンの坂井亮は賭けマージャンに負け、金が払えずヤクザに袋叩きにされているところを、梓会幹部の中川に拾われる。極道の世界の水が合っていたのか、亮はメキメキと頭角を現し…。
