The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.

前田时造是日本原海军中尉，日本战败后，前田一家曾一度过着猫犬不如的贫困生活，他曾发誓要改变生活。现在，他过上了中产阶级的生活。在日本东京的郊区外，在大众式公寓丛中有了前田时造的家，不再是以前那种丑陋、寒酸的面貌。每天，他坐在公寓四层的家中，给在外谋生的孩子们出谋划策，教育孩子们：“为了不再过那种非人的生活，要不顾一切去争取。”前田家的生活水平不断上升，然而有人却死于非命......

开药店大山患有幻想症，更是个妻管严，他的朋友兽医浅田劝他散散心以排挤心中的郁闷。这个整日在老婆指使下抑郁寡欢活着的男人终于逮到了一个机会和浅田去银座狂欢.

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.