幕府时代，公仪介错人（为剖腹者斩首的刽子手）拜一刀（若山富三郎 饰）执行上层命令，为年幼的地方领主斩首。归来后梦见妻女被人所杀，心生不祥预感。柳生手下拜访拜一刀，看见堂中为断头者摆放的灵位，遂以谋反罪名密告柳生家族。
得悉阴谋的拜一刀手斩来使，带着独子大五郎（富川晶宏 饰）杀出重围。从此浪迹江湖，以赏金杀手为生，人称“带子雄狼”。
这一日，拜一刀接到新的任务，小山田藩杉户家老谋划暗杀领主子嗣，得知消息的家老市毛请求拜一刀破坏刺杀计划。拜一刀和大五郎来至峡谷温泉场，等待猎物出现……

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as a female spy and a female warrior...

Based on the Chinese classic "Jin Ping Mei". Original Japanese cut directed by Koji Wakamatsu and produced by Shochiku. Set in Song-dynasty China, Wu Song rises to fame and becomes a guard captain. He is captivated by his brother’s wife, Pan Jinlian, whose beauty also ensnares the wealthy libertine Ximen Qing. To possess her, Ximen Qing has Wu Song’s brother murdered. When the corrupt authorities refuse justice, Wu Song is imprisoned, escapes with the help of the Liangshan bandits, and joins their ranks. Ximen Qing descends further into decadence, but Wu Song eventually returns, leading an attack on the town.

一名低级黑帮成员以偿还债务为幌子将妻子雪乃卖给浴场当妓女，但事实上这笔交易是他与秘密情人妓院老板娘共同策划的阴谋。雪乃发现真相后，却被折磨致死，最后为了复仇以鬼魂的身份回归。

野洲黑羽藩榎村的农民新八向市兵卫四郎寻求帮助。村长恵野太左卫门等人奋起反抗封建领主小关佐上暴政，并向他寻求帮助。一部立即与阳炎、鬼冢隼人、望月弥太郎一起出发前往耀州。在被带到叛军营地的途中，市兵卫与曾与他交手的敌方将领浪人别所白五郎重逢。加入他们的还有麻美十三、岩下阵内、樱井源八等赏金猎人。