隋炀帝杨广荒淫无度，横征暴敛。一日，杨广宣召大臣庄天栋之女美容进宫侍寝，刑部尚书王日成之妻素娘是庄天栋义女，为报养育之恩，素娘顶替美容入宫，欲乘机刺杀杨广，为父母报仇，但事败被捕。王日成被指定为主审官审讯素娘。夫妻公堂相见，肝胆欲碎，王日成不得不对素娘用刑。后素娘智杀奸臣金昌盛，并巧得路条，出城远走。王日成借追捕逃犯之机，出城与素娘相会，一起投奔瓦岗寨义军。

时局动荡妖祸横行，上古之妖一目五屠杀整个村庄，降妖僧大痴法师将其收入“点妖录”镇封五面佛头之下。并救下一名男童，取名仁义。二十年后，仁义私自下山“降妖”，路遇花妖莲心、斜眼术士方不正，入妖集了解降妖僧乃达摩坐下沙门所化，对妖只渡不灭。凡是甘愿落入点妖录的，皆会听命于降妖僧号令。另一边，一目五法杖化为万法天尊，伺机让一目五出世。此时等待仁义的将会是一段人生的转折，和此生难释怀的记忆……

天保五年，東京都某地，接連發生數起犯案手法相同的命案。死者均是生前風評不佳的男子，左胸被銀釵刺入，身旁則留有一瓣如血般的紅色山茶花瓣。衙門捕吏青木千之助因此展開調查，得知這些男子在生前的最後一段時日，身旁似乎都伴著一位溫婉美麗的女子。正當案情稍有眉目，又有一具屍體被發現。嫌犯並留下一封給千之助的信，預告自己還要再殺兩個人……

This is one of seven major propaganda films made by the Department Of Defense during World War II, and it's directed by Frank Capra.In this installment of the "Why We Fight" propaganda series, we learn about the country of China and its people. With a brief history of the country, we also learn of why the Japanese wanted to conquer it and felt confident about succeeding. Finally, the history of the war in that theatre is illustrated and shows the stiff determination of the Chinese who use all their resources to oppose Japanese aggression to the end.