Chihiro Tanaka

En août 1918, Matsuura Ito vit dans un village côtier de Toyama avec son mari, pêcheur et ses trois enfants. Pendant l'été, la pêche n'est pas bonne. Pour subvenir à ses besoins et à ceux de ses enfants, Ito transporte des marchandises depuis des navires comme les autres femmes du village. Pendant ce temps, les habitants sont confrontés à la hausse du prix du riz. Les femmes sont incapables de nourrir leur famille en raison du prix élevé du riz. Les femmes demandent à un magasin de riz voisin de le vendre moins cher, mais cela échoue. Le prix du riz continue d'augmenter chaque jour. En raison d'un incident, Ito et les autres femmes du village interviennent...

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.

Love begins to grow between two ninjas from opposing factions. In this forbidden love, the Kunoichi who crossed borders is being pursued by the enemy. The only one who can protect her is another Kunoichi. Here a wager between love and death is about to take place. A Kyoto non-verbal action movie.

Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.