Atsuko Sano

Geisha Yaeko is approached by a samurai who has just returned to Edo while she is painting a picture of camellia flowers in a temple. The samurai, whom she meets again at a drinking party, is the heir to the castle's daimyo, Yuuki Shinichiro, and the two become romantically involved despite their different social standings. Although he tells her he cannot marry her immediately, Yaeko believes in Shinichiro and continues to wait for the day they can be together. However, Shinichiro's uncle, Kuwajima, tells her to end the relationship.

A story about the activities of Southeast Asian Mafia gangs in Shinjuku. Ryosuke Kano is an ex French Foreign Legion soldier and is now a cocaine smuggler and dealer. He is acquainted with Larry, a Japanese American, but he turned out to be an undercover cop from New York.

En 1600, le navire hollandais L'Érasme s'échoue sur les côtes japonaises. Fait prisonnier par un seigneur local, son pilote anglais John Blackthorne découvre un pays dont il ignore tout et dans lequel les missionnaires Jésuites portugais ont un pouvoir considérable. Protégé par le général en chef des armées de l'Est, le seigneur Toranaga, John Blackthorne, devenu Anjin-San pour les Japonais (« Honorable Pilote »), connaîtra une ascension fulgurante et deviendra samouraï.