1974 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku

Masako, a five-year-old girl living, gets a scratch on her finger. After that, she suffered horrible spasms. The doctor checks on her and arrives at the conclusion that she has tetanus. Her parents have to bear the sufferings of their child. The once peaceful family has changed completely.

夕子（松坂庆子 饰）出生于一个贫困的家庭之中，为了给妈妈看病和养活全家人的生计，不得不在父亲的带领下被自卖于青楼之中，成为了京都五番町里夕雾楼的妓女。在老板的栽培之下，凭借着自己的美貌与智慧，夕子一步一步的向上爬，最终成为了整个五番町的头牌。可是，即使每天有无数的男人拜倒在自己的石榴裙下，夕子还是对自己的青梅竹马正顺（奥田瑛二 饰）念念不忘。而此刻的正顺正在京都凤阁寺修行。
终于，夕子和正顺再度获得了联系，在夕子的邀请下，正顺常常前往夕雾楼同夕子幽会。在正顺的眼里，夕子并不是一个出卖身体的妓女，而夕子也并未从正顺那里要钱。两人之间的感情在压抑中开始逐渐升温，但他们却都没有更好的出路可以选择……

In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of five Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in hopes of continuing the bloodline. Princess Sen and the five female ninja escape from Osaka castle by blending in with the handmaidens. Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu who was supposed to rule all under the heavens was informed of this secret. So Ieyasu orders five samurai of the Iga Ninja clan (brought by Hattori Hanzo) to stop the Toyotomi bloodline by killing the Kunoichi ninja. An attack of ninja magic arts unfolds in a battle of the sexes.

A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.

1958 film by Shōhei Imamura

1961 film by Shōhei Imamura