Yasue
비둘기를 파는 소년을 충격적으로 묘사한 오시마 나기사 감독의 첫 데뷔작. 비둘기의 귀소본능을 이용해, 같은 비둘기를 몇번이나 팔고 있는 가난한 소년과 부르조아 소녀의 교우를 통해 현대사회의 밑바탕에 숨겨져 있는 계급적인 단절에 절망한다는 충격적인 내용이다. 특히, 소년이 비둘기를 사살한다는 강렬한 라스트 씬과 영화작가의 탄식이 스크린 곳곳에서 신음처럼 들려오는 멋진 작품.
Choreographer
Small-time showgirl poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsible for her father's murder.
Indian Dancer
Two Alaskan salmon fisherman find their friendship at risk when one aligns with Russian fish pirates and the other aligns with local vigilantes.
Technical Advisor
Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later, having married again in America, and tells Cho-Cho that their affair is over. She has had a child in his absence, who is sent to her family, before she kills herself.
Sotan
Countess Natalya is a glamorous refugee from the Bolshevik revolution. Supporting herself and her ailing sister by dancing in a Shanghai dive, she's is talked into a marriage with a wealthy Chinese gentleman. She has been led to believe that this marriage of convenience is not binding, thus she sees no reason not to marry American diplomat Kenneth Harlan once she's arrived in the States.
