The blind swordsman tries to locate a girl's missing father.
The blind masseur and swordsman, Zatoichi, searches for proof an imprisoned man's innocence.
A wandering yakuza in search for the man responsible for slicing up his father and an amateur samurai searching for the whereabouts of his own father are thrown together on the outskirts of a mob infested seaside village.
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.