Takashi Itô

Ayame, a courtesan, attracts the attention of street vendor Kisuke and decides to run away with him to America. Unfortunately, a crazed tattoo artist is obsessed with Ayame's perfect skin as a potential canvas, so he kills Kisuke to keep Ayame in Japan. Later, Ayame is sold to a brothel in Yokohama. Kisuke's ghost possesses her, causing his image to appear tattoo-like on her skin whenever she has sex.

Uta married a priest who saved her when she tried to commit suicide at a waterfall. The love triangle between a lustful priest, his second wife and his son Masao.

A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by the locals.

A woman looks after her father in law.

Akira Kurosawa dit de ce film composé de huit rêves ("Soleil sous la pluie", "le Verger aux pêchers", "la Tempête de neige", "le Tunnel", "les Corbeaux", "le Mont Fuji en rouge", "les Démons gémissants", "le Village des moulins à eau") : "Quand il rêve, l'homme est un génie. Il est audacieux et intrépide comme un génie. Voilà ce à quoi je me suis attaché au moment de filmer ces huit rêves. Pour faire un film de ce scénario, il était indispensable de s'exprimer avec audace et sans peur... comme dans un rêve."

Adaptation du célèbre manga par la Toei en 1972.