Yosuke Nakano
強姦された女性たちにその後を記事にしようと取材を続ける土屋名美は、強姦されたたためストリッパーになった蘭と、平凡な主婦となった良子を同時に取材をするが、その取材活動の最中に村木と出会う。取材にのめりこんだ名美に強姦願望が芽生えてくるが…。
Yamakawa
Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case. They live in Kitakyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother's death.
Teenage cousins Masao and Tamiko fall in love when she comes to his riverside brewery house to take care of his sickly mother. Family objections ensue as Tamiko is older than Masao, and the two cannot marry in peace.
富三郎
明治時代初頭の大阪。裕福な薬問屋の箱入り娘として生まれ育った、美しい盲目の女性・お琴。店の奉公人の佐助がお気に入りで、何かと自分の身の回りの世話をさせるが、一方で佐助もそのわがままに耐えながら、彼女に献身的に尽くす。やがて店の主人に許され、お琴専属の付き人となった佐助は同時に、三味線の名手であるお琴のもとで厳しい稽古に励み、芸の腕前が上達する。やがて意外にも、お琴が誰かを相手に妊娠する事態が起きる。
The story began in the early summer of 1942 when 'Tatsurou' met 'Setsuko' at Karuizawa. Its love at first sight but sadly 'Setsuko' was pledged to marry a stranger by her parent. She ran away from her hometown and arrived at Tokyo in search of her love one. War erupted then and Tatsurou was summoned to service. As be set foot on a snow-capped mountain before his imminent departure, they promised to each other to press on until they meet again. But, soon she was fallen very ill to TB
