Kan'emon Nakamura

Humanity and Paper Balloons — In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdress

Kwaidan — Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun — A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. O

Samurai Banners — Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda,

Priest of Darkness — A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.