Eisei Koi

Koji Himuro, a brilliant gambler, was killed by his brother and lover for discovering cheating gambling. As a result, he vows never to roll the dice, but gets involved in the incident everywhere he goes. The first in the "Black Gambler Series". The feature of this series is that the existing gag was mainly created by accumulating lines and small actions, but in this series, gag is done by exaggerated gimmicks. Film critic Hideo Nishiwaki points out that it may be the influence of the 007 movie series.

Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. In the film all three daughters become involved in some sort of complicated relationships. The sisters and their attached Men are deliberately designed as allegorical figures on the changing social conditions. A wonderfully funny, sometimes droll comedy between Nara and Tokyo, Adagio and Allegro, Yesterday and Today - in search of a morning.

Setsuko is unhappily to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. Now he is back and Mariko (Setsuko's sister) tries to reunite them. She too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.

会田時彦は化粧製造販売会社の女社長小村女史に多くの就職希望者の中から採用された。復員者の彼は一番待っていてくれる愛子の所へ報らせたが、何故か彼女は喜ばなかった。愛子には会田時彦と愛を誓ってはみたものの、彼の留守中に彼女の心はみたされず、別の愛人が出来てしまったのである。時彦はこれを知って彼等達の幸福を願って身を引いたが、自分のためには幸福ではなかった。毎晩カフェーを飲み歩き、満足に会社にも出勤しなかった。またカフェーの百合、君子達は時彦をお互いに独占しようとしたが、時彦は相手にはしなかった。丁度その頃、小村社長の姪にあたる、小村輝美が化粧品の製造部に勤務していた。彼女は何くれとなく時彦をなぐさめてくれる。承知しないのが百合、君子達である。しかし輝美も彼女達と協定を結んで彼を独占しなかった。だがいつの間にか仕事を毎日一緒にしていると、友情はやがて愛情に変わり、愛情が真の恋愛に進んでいた。小村女社長は彼を採用した時から、「出雲の神様」であった。もちろん、百合、君子達も反対はしなかった。二人が結ばれたことは皆の幸福でもあった。