Tokyo Family Court judicial research official Akira Yamanobo is in charge of Tetsuo and Ayano Katase's divorce arbitration. Ayano, the wife, who works for a boutique company, insists her husband is involved with another woman. Supported by her employer Kotomi Saegusa, the company president, she demands a divorce as soon as possible. On the other hand, her husband Tetsuo, a trading professional, denies having a relationship with a woman. He says he will not agree to the divorce and does not plan to let his only son Kenta go, so the arbitration continues. According to Akira's investigation, Ayano gave birth to Kenta as a single mother five years ago when she was working as a hospital clerk, making him Tetsuo's stepson. Tetsuo loves Kenta as his own child, so Akira doesn't understand why Ayano is so insistent on getting a divorce. However, Tetsuo's insistence on not giving up custody of his stepson Kenta is also very unusual.
In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan’s defeat seems imminent, all of Masaaki’s students are drafted in a futile last-ditch effort. In an attempt to give the young men some hope, he makes everyone promise that they will all meet again under the cherry blossoms upon their safe return. Consumed by sadness over the fate of his students, Masaaki devotes the next 30 years of his life to develop a new species of cherry blossoms that could thrive in any climate in remembrance of his students.
Jun (Miyamoto) is a girl who is rumored to hold the key to the antibody to an infamous evil drug her father created known as Yellow Dragon. She is forced to go on the run from the various mobsters who want to know Yellow Dragon's secrets. To honor a promise he made to her father, former special forces operative Go (Kurata) pledges to protect her and the secrets of her strange birth.
Master swordsman Akiyama Kohei’s simple life in retirement is jarred into violent sword action when he meets an elderly fencing instructor who may be the target of a group of thieves planning a major armed robbery. At the same time dojo master Daijiro saves the life of man who, although skilled in archery has an aversion to killing and a woman artist comes into town where she is in danger of being raped by one of the thieves. From the pen of noted author Ikenami Shotaro, creator of such classics as Bandit Ve. Samurai, Hunter In The Dark, The Last Samurai, and Hissatsu-The Professional Killers! Brilliant storytelling that leads to superb swordsmanship!
1958년 일본의 경제적 재부흥 초창기. 도키코는 생계에 보탬이 되고자 다니던 학교를 그만두고 후지사와라는 마담이 운영하는 게이샤하우스의 잡일꾼으로 일한다. 그녀는 새벽 5시에 일어나 모든 청소에서부터 선배 게이샤들의 신발 닦는 일까지 다 마치고는 무용학교로 나가 무용을 배우는 등 쉴 틈 없는 일정을 보낸다. 도키코는 자신보다는 남을 배려하는 넓은 마음을 가진 어린 소녀로 그런 도키코의 성정에 대해 마담 후지사와는 도키코가 큰 게이샤가 될 수 있는 인물이라고 확신하고 도키코가 큰 게이샤로 성장할 수 있도록 도와주려 한다. 후지사와는 게이샤로 데뷔를 시키는 큰 마담 하나만을 만나 도키코의 데뷔를 부탁하지만 하나만이 운영하는 게이샤하우스에서 최고의 게이샤로 데뷔하는 데 소요되는 돈은 만만치 않았다. 결국, 평생 자신의 돈을 셀 수도 없을 만큼 많이 가진 재벌 다무라에게 도키코의 처녀성을 얻는 대가로 300만엔을 받을 수 있는 방법 밖에 없는데…
