A war hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spiders Web Castle
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town
During the 17th Century bands of hatamoto, samurai vassals of the Tokugawa shogunate, were causing havoc in the new capital city of Edo Opposing them was Banzui in Chobei,whose sole aim was to save Edo from the hat
A timid and aimless mans love for his cat is his only solace in a life dominated by his mother and the two women she chooses for him to marry
Two geisha sisters lead a hard life in the Gion district of Kyoto After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him
Aya is the Madame who runs a restaurant where Geishas meet with their customers to eat, drink, listen to music and sing