Mayumi Kurata

As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.

After Zatoichi learns of his sensei's murder he uncovers a horrible conspiracy involving the local government and crime family.

Takeo is a young yakuza who renounces his former criminal activities after being released from prison. But sometimes escaping the past is not so easy.

Koen is a geisha who has intimate relationships with several men at once. One of them, the mature Tsutsui, proposes to set a step to a change of exclusivity.