东映动画长片第六作，也堪称巅峰之作，改编自天岩户传说及须佐之男大战八歧大蛇等日本神话故事。王子须佐之男是伊邪那岐与伊邪那美的儿子，自幼力大无穷，小小年纪就打败猛虎太郎。有一天，母亲伊邪那美故去，不能理解母亲死亡的须佐之男执意要去黄泉之国寻母。他不顾父亲反对，独力造船，带着兔子扬帆远航。王子在海上打败作乱的怪鱼得到海神指引，去到兄长月读掌管的夜之国，兄长赠他冰玉以备不时之需。王子途径火之国，在冰玉加持下打败火神，拯救了当地受苦民众。为了找到富饶的生活之地，火之国的居民代表壮男加入了王子的队伍。王子一行骑着火神献出的火鸟来到姐姐天照大神治理的高天原，结果闹出了一系列乱子，天照懊恼不堪躲进了天岩户，世界随即陷入黑暗。高天原众人载歌载舞，好不容易才将天照女神骗出山洞，令到光明重现天地。王子带着反省之心离开高天原，来到土地贫瘠的出云之国。王子遇见少女奇稻田姬，得知八歧大蛇为害当地，少女也将要成为它的祭品。正义的王子立志铲除大蛇。经老鼠提示，他驯服天马，飞到空中与大蛇展开激战，最终在兔子和壮男的协助下杀死大蛇。大蛇的遗骸化作山川滋润土地，出云之国从此变成富饶之地。王子最后获得母亲的祝福，与众人过上了幸福快乐的日子。

本片以过三十年代的大乐队时代为故事背景，描述一名萨克斯爵士乐手与一名女歌手之间爱恨交缠的情感，充满着人生的困惑和奈，跟一般好莱坞歌舞片的明亮轻快大异其趣

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.

一个潦倒半生的女孩玛雅有天得知自己在乡下原来有间大屋，于是想借着卖屋大赚一笔。但当她与好友阿丁回到这条偏远的村落时，却发现人烟稀少怪事重重，更浑然不知村民一直在找她，为的就是杀死她来解除肆虐多年的恶咒。在她奋力逃生之际，自己的身世之谜亦慢慢浮面….