《海边的李尔》故事讲述日本国宝级演员兆吉，在步入高龄、被怀疑患有失智症后遭到长女和弟子遗弃，被迫写下遗嘱并送入老人院。某天，兆吉逃出老人院，独自于海边徘徊，遇见许久未见的小女儿，仿佛看到李尔王最疼爱的小女儿寇蒂莉亚的影子，惊觉自己的遭遇竟与李尔王如此相似……故事以莎士比亚悲剧“李尔王”为基底展开，细腻刻划出兆吉的最后光辉。

该剧改编自真山仁长篇小说《卖国》，由玉木宏主演，讲述了东京地检特搜部的富永真一为调查大政治家橘洋平贿赂事件而四处奔走，这时又受到自己的朋友、文部科学省太空研发负责人近藤左门有关揭露太空研发疑案的委托……
该剧由电影《不沉的太阳》导演若松节朗执导，剧本则由《我不是结不了婚，只是不想》的编剧金子亚里纱负责。

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

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.

1978 film by Hideo Gosha

1967 film by Kihachi Okamoto

1966 film by Kihachi Okamoto