故事发生在江户时代末年，雾里（高冈早纪 饰）偶然之中遇见了孤女朝雾（安达佑实 饰），将她带回了妓院，训练其成为了游女。朝雾曾遭到母亲的虐待，身上遍布了樱花状的伤疤，却因祸得福，因为这异于常人之处而备受客人喜爱。某日，在盛大的祭奠中，朝雾邂逅了名为半次郎（渊上泰史 饰） 的青年，善良老实的半次郎吸引了朝雾的注意，使得她坠入了情网之中。然而，身为妓院头牌，恋爱是被明令禁止的，朝雾因此而遭到了老板娘的斥责。之后，在吉田屋（津田宽治 饰）举办的宴会上，朝雾和半次郎重逢了，吉田屋察觉到了两人流露出的情谊，占有欲极强的他决定拆散他们。

两名大学生，一个是花花公子，一个含蓄文雅，二人都追求性的满足，视女人如猎物。到了中年时，他们却发现性欲的追逐烦闷而空虚，仿佛一场春梦。

The Kinema Junpo critics were, of course, mistaken to think that Naruse had abandoned his emphasis on women. His next film, Sincerity, features two strong female characters, played by Irie Takako and Murase Sachiko, each of whom have a daughter. The girls are schoolmates, but one (Nobuko) is from a middle-class home and the other (Tomiko) is from a poor family. Tomiko's mother Tsutako (Irie) is a single mother who works from home as a seamstress, while Nobuko's mother lives in an elegant home with her husband, Kei. Eventually, it is revealed that Kei had a romantic relationship with Tsutako, and may be Tomiko's father as well, but he is conscripted shortly after this revelation and goes off to war.This is very much a home front film, in which the women are involved in supporting activities, and the whole town cheers on the new recruits. As Kei is a banker, he is conscripted as an officer. He is introduced brandishing a magnificent sword, indicating his readiness for his call-up, for which everyone congratulates him when it comes. The wartime context is little more than a backdrop to the story of paternity and former love. The complex emotions among the women are conveyed through cutting on eye movements and eye lines, and through the use of the pastoral location.

随着城市发展，麦兜住的旧区大脚咀也卷入了拆迁漩涡。不过无忧无虑的麦兜从来不会去考虑拆迁对他意味着什么，春田花花幼稚园又开学了。为了适应激烈的社会竞争，春天花花幼稚园也加入很多令人捧腹的新课程：耍赖、诈死等等。麦太在樟木头买了块墓地，为了日后能有个安身之所。时光飞逝，一切又回到了从前，回到了麦兜的父亲菠萝油王子的时代。王子跟随着师傅出行，不料遇到了一连串怪事，王子不再是王子，有人变成了他的样子回去当了王子。浑浑噩噩的菠萝油认识了阿莲——以后的麦太，过着平平凡凡、庸庸碌碌的生活，只是在夜里，菠萝油偶然会想起他的王国、眼里会呛着泪花。阿莲怀孕了，菠萝油重遇了以前送薄饼的龟仔、一起出行的师傅，他们决定回去复国了。于是菠萝油告别了阿莲，告诉他如果明天听不到一个王子复国的新闻，那就永远忘了他……