Shozo Inagaki

Ce film est fortement marqué par son opposition à la guerre. Le scénario est basé sur la collection d'écrits d'étudiants soldats japonais morts pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. L'action se déroule en Birmanie. On y voit les problèmes quotidiens des soldats en contraste avec leurs idées et le cynisme de leurs commandants. Les soldats sont également victimes de brimades de la part de leurs commandants.

Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers took the sedative thalidomide during pregnancy. Tsuji has stunted flipper-like arms amputated at the behest of a father who deserted her soon after her birth. Nonetheless, the resourceful Noriko uses her feet to accomplish most of the tasks others would do with their hands.

A young woman (Dan) who worked as a prostitute in the days following World War II finds herself sexually dissatisfied with her husband and contemplates returning to an old lover who comes back into her life.

Okada, who had escaped death in the duel, suffered the greatest humiliation in the presence of his beloved Fumiko, and disappeared. Mitani and Fumiko are united, but when Okada's body is found, Fumiko becomes embroiled in a terrible incident... The story is about a beautiful woman who sends all the men who woo her to their deaths.