Juzo Kimura is a wandering Ronin with a past. 15 years later, after winding up in Edo, he becomes a sword teacher to support his wife and daughter. But he has a dark side to him; at night, he becomes an assassin for hire. The fates of men living double lives cross in the shadows of Edo.
忍者の存在が危険なものとされ、幕府の発布した忍者禁止令によってもはや彼らが存在しないと人々に思われていた時代。藩の取り潰しという窮状に陥った長野藩の救済を求めようと、幸姫は江戸へ向かうことに。その一行には、忍びであることを隠している伝蔵がいた。山を抜ける幸姫たちだが、そんな彼らをもののけが襲う。藩を守るためにも絶対に江戸に着かなければならないと決意する幸姫と伝蔵の間に、特別な感情が生まれる。
京都・太秦にある、日映撮影所。そこに所属する香美山清一（福本清三）は、斬られ役として長年大部屋俳優を務め、無数のチャンバラ時代劇に出演してきた。ある日、およそ半世紀にわたって放送されていたテレビ時代劇「江戸桜風雲録」が打ち切りになり、後番組として若年層向け時代劇がスタートするが、そこにはベテランたちが活躍する場はなかった。そんな中、香美山は伊賀さつき（山本千尋）という新進女優と出会い、殺陣の師匠となって彼女に指導をしていくが……。
Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil.
The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all time, Wakayama Tomisaburo now playing Lone Wolf's mortal enemy, the evil Lord Yagyu Retsudo, who masterminded Ogami's fall from grace. Brilliant sword actor Takahashi Hideki takes over as the former shogunate decapitator, and his stunning swordsmanship is second to none! The story of Lone Wolf and Child has been told many times, but never before like this. With the magnificent sword skills of Takahashi Hideki as Ogami Itto, the Shogun's Decapitator and Wakayama Tomisaburo as the power hungry Lord Yagyu Retsudo the story has come full circle.
刃傷騒ぎで殺された前任者の代わりに、派手な装束の美青年、奥田右京亮が南町奉行として赴任する。彼は若いながらも老中酒井に引き立てられた野心家だった。一方、同奉行所の同心にして仕事人の主水は、江戸市中を暴れ回る旗本愚連隊の事件を担当していた。長屋で愚連隊に殺された浪人について探りを入れる主水は、子連れの仕事人・文七やなじみの店のおかみ・おふくらの情報から、事件の裏に右京亮が潜んでいることに気付く。
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.
時代劇のメッカ、京都撮影所。人情に篤いが激情家なのが玉にキズの大スター銀ちゃんと、その銀ちゃんに憧れる大部屋俳優のヤス。ある日、ヤスのアパートに銀ちゃんが女優の小夏を連れてやって来た。銀ちゃんの子を身ごもった小夏をスキャンダルになるからとヤスに押し付けに来たのだった。
