The last fight put up by remaining Japanese forces and a special volunteer nursing corps on Okinawa at the end of World War II (1944-45).
Mondonosuke, a young sword student, has a bad dream about his sensei being killed in a duel.Consequently, he quickly returns to his sensei's dojo in Edo, where he has not set foot in three years.
A good example on ninkyô eiga.
The industrial revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, whose livelihoods are threatened, and the railway construction workers.
Oryu searches for a blind girl she left behind but gets involved in a Yakuza turf war.
Oryu meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being damaged by air pollution from a local factory.