Nobuo Miura

狸の国。カチカチ山でやけどを負った父の泥右衛門を手当てするため、お黒は人間の栗助から薬を買っていた。お黒も栗助もお互いのことを気に入っているが、それを口にはしない。狸御殿では、人間との結婚を望むきぬた姫が、狸吉郎との見合いを嫌って家出してしまい大騒ぎ。ひょんなことから狸御殿に紛れ込んだお黒は、顔がきぬた姫と瓜二つなことから、姫の身代わりとして狸吉郎と見合いをすることになってしまう。お見合いは成功、二人の仲はどんどん近づいていくが、そこへ人間に相手をされず意気消沈のきぬた姫が帰ってきた。

Fate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some twenty years of life as a dependent at his step-brother's castle, when the ruler of the Takatori Clan suddenly dies leaving no heir and despite the protest from Minister Horio, it is decided that young Chonosuke is to succeed as ruler of the clan. Horio determines to murder Chonosuke on his way to Edo so that his own grandchild may rule the Takatori Clan. "Odd" Han, a travelling gambler happens to stop at the inn where Chonosuke's party is staying in secret. The assassins come to attack Chonosuke on the riverbank where he is viewing the fireworks alone but are driven off by Han. Now Chonosuke travels with Han disguised as a gambler during which he begins to learn the hardships of the peasants and is struck with the contrast between the life of a feudal and those whose labour provides his luxurious living.

Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.