خلاصه داستان : نیشی پلیسی ست که بدلیل مشکلات فاحش شخصی و شغلی استعفا می دهد. او که دچار افسردگی شده, تصمیمات سوال برانگیزی می گیرد.

Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, paralyzed. Nishi leaves the police force to spend time with his wife at home, and must find a way to pay off his debts to the yakuza.

خلاصه داستان : با نزدیک شدن دوران فئودالی ژاپن ، یک سامورایی بیوه در تعادل وفاداری قبیله ای ، 2 دختر جوان ، یک مادر پیر و ظاهر شدن ناگهانی یار عزیز کودکی خود ، مشکل را تجربه می کند.

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?