女優の卵・赤沢じゅん子は、撮影帰りの新幹線の中でフリーライターの瀬田良作と知り合う。別れ際、東京駅のホームで良作はじゅん子に電話番号を書いたメモを渡した。数日後じゅん子は、四匹の猫に餌をやるために時々帰っているという葉山の良作の家へ出かけた。一方、じゅん子の親友であるモデルの真樹子は、親子ほども年の離れた資産家の殿村との三年ごしの恋を楽しんでいる。殿村には妻子がいるが、いずれ近いうちに二人は結婚するつもりらしい。劇団の稽古場では、毎日変てつのない授業が行なわれていたが、じゅん子は良作への想いに、稽古も上の空になりがちだった。
Shinoda
Based on an autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, set close to the end of World War II
Hatsuko
Yumi Ishikawa (Mari Atsumi) is nineteen and a popular geisha. Orphaned when a child, Yumi she was raised by Shizuko, the madame of a geisha house. Yumi is impulsive, out-going. And although she cannot claim to be good at Japanese dancing or playing musical instruments so necessary to a geisha, she is a whizz at go-go and will dance the hula at parties. But before becoming a full-fledged geisha, Yumi must go through the ceremony of the "mizuage", when a budding geisha surrenders her virginity to an experienced man who makes her a woman. Takida, a rich money-lender, is chosen for Yumi's mizuage but she offers herself first to Keiichi (Ryo Tamura), who she really loves although she knows that his world and hers are too far apart for a successful marriage.
Mariko
A story of rivalry between two gambling clans.
"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in construction, decides to replace them. The second brother, Jiro, is a truck driver. The third, Saburo, is a student, dreams of a better future for the whole family are connected with him, with his career. Brothers and sisters are fighting to give him a higher education. And, finally, the youngest of the brothers, Suekichi, is also going to enter the university after graduation. The life of the Sato family is complicated. Taro is kind, but limited, not always able to find a common language with his brothers and sister Orie. The girl cannot stand the despotism of her brother, leaves her home and goes to work at the factory. With her departure, everything in the house goes upside down. Suekichi fails her university entrance exams, Orie is forced to return to her family.
The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.
Machie
A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple.
A musical romance.
The final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the lessons that life taught his older brothers. Therefore, he does not think to study, but strives for material well-being alone. To make a career, he ruthlessly pushes his colleagues with his elbows. For him, the high ideals of trade union activists Jiro and Saburo are an example of old-fashioned thinking, naive behavior.
