A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once he discovers this, he loses his nerve and turns in his badge. But the chase turns into a personal vendetta where the ex-cop plans to wipe out the entire gang.
Suspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.
В центре сюжета два детектива, упорно расследующих убийство пожилого мужчины.
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
Главную роль исполняет знаменитая «оннагата» - так в Японии называют мужчин - актеров театра Кабуки, которые играют женские роли, Акахиро Мива. Он (она?) играет обаятельного вора драгоценностей, которую более привлекает не цена украшений, а их красота. Она «собирает» самых красивых людей - выслеживает их, бальзамирует и складирует в своем музее живых кукол.
Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki (Horoki Matsukata) quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when he sets his sights on the business partners of a powerful gang boss.
Сасуке — самурай, участвовавший в войне между двумя кланами. Прошло 14 лет, и самурай не хочет войны, он занял позицию стороннего наблюдателя. Но старый друг случайно вовлекает его в погоню за таинственным перебежчиком Татеваки Корияма, который хранит документ, с помощью которого можно управлять шпионами по всей Японии.
