In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy pawnbroker, who is set to be married.
A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.
An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.
