Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII

Planned by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, this film presents the most famous and popular Japanese Kabuki performed by Kabuki actors.

The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.

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.

Un père de famille s'attire les faveurs de ses patrons pour faire avancer sa carrière, mais sa femme a perdu confiance en lui. Elle retourne dans la maison familiale qu'ils louent pendant l'été pour rembourser leur hypothèque, et y rencontre un vieil homme solitaire…

Dans le Japon médiéval, le fils aîné d'une famille de fermiers s'engage auprès d'un puissant chef de guerre malgré les avertissements de ses parents.