Stars: Kichijirô Ueda, Yoshi Katô, Akitake Kôno, Taiji Tonoyama, Kinnosuke Nakamura
The meeting of two traveling gamblers causes a mistake in their identity, which has fatal consequences.
Stars: Jirô Okazaki, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Junko Ikeuchi, Yôko Mihara
The story of Kutsukake Tokijiro - yukyo ippiki begins when Tokijiro is forced to participate in the war in exchange for a night's stay and meals at the town chief's house. He hates killing people, but he has great skill in swordsmanship and has repeated this skill many times....
Stars: Asao Koike, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Akira Shioji, Minoru Hodaka, Shingo Yamashiro
A former navy captain and his deputy steal food from a warehouse, but in an incident the captain is caught and imprisoned while his deputy escapes.
Stars: Tôru Abe, Tetsurô Tanba, Sumiko Fuji, Tatsuo Endô, Akira Shioji
A story set in the late Meiji period - circa 1880s-1890s compared to the early Meiji period which began in the 1860s
Stars: Seiji Miyaguchi, Michimaro Kotabe, Kazuo Kitamura, Ushio Akashi, Kôji Nanbara
Hired on a mission by the government, Shinzo soon finds himself in the center of a conspiracy looking to unearth a mythical clan and their hidden gold.
Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kin Sugai, Mariko Kaga, Teruhiko Aoi, Yûsuke Kawazu
The author of mystery stories is caught in the trap of a real murder case. A big industrial capitalist and husband is her biggest fan, and one of her colleagues who is a successful but antisocial writer may be involved.
Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Tetsurô Tanba, Kin Sugai, Haruo Tanaka
The story of a drunken fighter (Sugawara) and an ailing, blind singer (Baisho) amid the power struggle between the Shogunate government and the Emperor in mid-19th century Japan.
Stars: Jerry Fujio, Minoru Chiaki, Mikijirô Hira, Toranosuke Ogawa, Shun'ya Wazaki
After the historic Battle of Sekigahara, a group of orphaned children roam the battlefield looking to collect armor. They meet a young boy named Sasuke who has magical powers. He claims to have come to earth via a meteorite.
