Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore peace amidst disruption over an inheritance dispute. Warned by a fortune-teller that he would die by the sword, the young lord must courageously battle 30 or 40 men who attack without warning. Meanwhile, his love affair with Kocho, a singer who is also a skilled archer.

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang. He insists that he is not Kunisada, as the word is Kunisada has been executed, but of course the audience know better. Sonny Chiba plays an unusual supporting role as a helpless young man unable to defend himself from the gangsters. He does, however, get to play taiko drums and dance with Junko Fuji (who makes her film debut here). Chiba's father, an old judge who helps Kunisada, is played by Takashi Shimura. The film hardly anything exceptional, but it's a pretty decent jidai geki / yakuza drama.

太平洋戦争も終結間近い頃。郊外のとある兵営では召集ホヤホヤの補充兵達が起床ラッパに大騒ぎ。点呼の整列には、力士上りの光田、元社長の安永、浪曲師の虎沢、流行歌手の谷村、万才師の小島の各二等兵に、安永の社員だった塩見一等兵、いずれも強さより愛嬌タップリなメンバーである。息切れのした起床ラッパを吹いた塩見は罰に外出禁止令を食うが、彼を呼捨てにした安永もはずれたボタンをみつかり二重のお目玉。恐縮した塩見に、古年兵の靴を抱え通り掛った光田も協力しボタン探しにこれ努めるが、その間靴が盗まれてしまう。そこで員数合せに盗んできた靴は何と宇野見習士官のもの。しかし宇野の思いやりで事なきを得、翌日は揃って外出という次第。こうした一同にも近く前線出動の命が下り、遺髪を切るやら大童わの処に折も折、玉音放送。男泣きに泣いた一同は五年後のクリスマス、両国橋での再会を約し懐しの我家へ戻る。ところが約束の夜、橋に来たのは安永と塩見－－今は社長と社員に戻った二人だけ。料亭で飲む酒も誠に味気ないが、別室の人気スター千代之介こそ宇野見習士官と知りさらに足を伸したキャバレーでは人気歌手の谷村と再会。ここで千代之介の人気を妬むボス杉山らと大喧嘩になるが、サンタクロース姿のサンドイッチマン光田の出現でボスは散々の態。さて一同の顔も揃い、光田は安永の忠告でプロレスラーに転向、汐風親方の娘で芸者となっていた春江に再会し互に激励し合う。光田は世界的なレスラーとのし上り、皆の友情を受けて栄光目指してアメリカへと出発。飛行機を見送る五人の顔はいとも晴れやかであった。

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.

film directed by Masahiro Makino

An omnibus of 13 stories singing the praises of Japanese patriotism during wartime, set on the frontlines and back home.

Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period. Starring the great Konoe Jushiro, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who patronize a restaurant and bar on the outskirts of Edo. Among them are masterless samurai reduced to drunkenness and debauchery. One disgraced and disillusioned former warrior gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to retrieve a famous knife from a corrupt lord. This is the third version directed by Makino Masahiro and is considered a true classic.

婦系図（おんなけいず）

59年东映版

An umbrella maker with a shopping addiction finds himself in dire straits when his debts force him to consider selling his attractive, desirable daughter to a suitor she doesn't love.