Ронин Иэмон Тамия одержим желанием найти себе господина и вернуться на службу. Он без жалости убивает всех, кто встает у него на пути. Сможет ли его хрупкая жена Оива остановить негодяя?
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
В семье Сато каждый день похож на предыдущий: муж спешит на работу, жена бегает по магазинам и ищет, где можно найти товар подешевле, потому что денег на жизнь едва хватает. У супругов появляется возможность сдать свой дом на летние месяцы и получить за аренду крупную сумму. Жена уезжает в родительский дом, а муж пристраивается на квартиру к коллеге. И вновь продолжается скучная жизнь. Вот наступает новый день, что он принесёт: новые расходы, пустые разговоры, письмо, нечаянную встречу, знакомую песню, болезнь или смерть...
The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among whom is the local governor, a timid creature, who is dominated by his high-born and beautiful wife, who dresses in a scarlet battle-tunic, a sign of his family's military merit around which he fabricates fantastic tales of his prowess in war. During the traditional festival when the villagers are released from observance of all social customs and restrictions, it is permissible for any man to attempt win the favors of the one he loves. However, the timid but romantic governor goes to the length of having the miller arrested to clear the way for his seduction of Osen. But Osen fights off his advances with an old hunting gun and dashes out of the mill. Jimbei, meanwhile, has escaped from jail and dashes home to finds the governor in his bed. Convinced that his wife has been violated, he decides to take an eye for an eye.
