Kiyoshi Matsukawa

Après la guerre, un prêteur sur gages est assassiné à Hokkaido avec toute sa famille. Un des coupables échappe à la police et ne sera retrouvé que dix ans après l'événement lorsqu'il assassine une prostituée du nom de Yae qui l'aidait à se cacher.

Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness. A chance opportunity to achieve samurai status would come one day, but Gonza will regret trusting the so-called honorable samurai who extended this fateful offer, and the terrible price he'd pay, fighting for his life in one of the most blood-spattered samurai battles ever filmed.