抗美援朝期间，美帝轰炸鸭绿江大桥阴谋破产后，敌人远东情报局不甘心失败，遂派遣特务马小飞(罗泰 饰)通过列车上当乘务员的女特务王曼丽(叶琳琅 饰)接头，同本溪开药店的暗藏特务吴济春（方化 饰）勾结，指使特务徐福祥（金林 饰）颠覆我军列未遂后，又将其灭口。我铁路公安处侦察科长高健发动群众展开反特防特斗争，自己则化名顾野平打入敌人内部，并让铁路报务员何兰英（宋雪娟 饰）协助自己的工作，掌握了敌人的活动计划和潜伏名单。马小飞通过吴济春网罗大批流亡地主分子，妄想同时在三个不同地点破坏我交通运输线，结某阴谋被粉碎，吴济春被二楞子(李博 饰)击毙。一计不成，敌人又把定时炸弹安放在既将通过长岭隧道的列车上......

位于大阪某个繁华路段，经营着一家小有名气的化妆品商店。老板维康伊兵卫（小堀诚 饰）中风病倒，经营的重任不得不交给浪荡无才的儿子柳吉（森繁久弥 饰）。适逢妻子也因病返回娘家休养，无拘无束的柳吉流连花街柳巷，却在此意外结识了命中注定的冤家蝶子（淡岛千景 饰）。蝶子是曾根崎新地备受著名的艺妓，原本心高气傲的她与柳吉坠入爱河。他们的交往自然不会得到柳吉家人的支持，百无一用只会享受生活的柳吉自然没有赚钱的本领，蝶子为此只能抛头露面，赶着辛劳的工作，与此同时和不得不面对爱人一次次的背叛和命运的磨练重压。这真是一段百年不遇的孽缘……本片根据织田作之助的同名原作改编。

故事发生在西汉建立之初的那段动荡时期。汉高祖三尺之剑诛斩白蛇，攻下咸阳约法三章，破强秦，灭项羽，拒胡虏，终于令战火连年的中原重归一统。但是在建国之后不久，汉高祖驾崩，强势专横的吕后专权，大封外戚诸吕，屠戮刘氏子孙。远在代国的刘恒（王清河 饰）也难逃杀戮，太后早已派出心腹吕昆（朴鲁植 饰）去取代王的脑袋。谁知有一蒙面大侠潜入皇宫，偷走了这封密诏。在某个夜晚，代王独处王宫，忧国忧民，夜不能寐。就在此时，蒙面大侠突入王宫，被兵士拦住，但他还是将密诏交给了代王。代王大惊失色，他的妹妹文阳公主（方盈 饰）出计假借为母亲看病之名，前往长安求救。汉王朝的命运悬于一线……

Nanjo Mikisaburo is a young samurai trying to restore his ruined family to its past glory. Enduring the contempt and disdain of high-ranking samurai, Mikisaburo devotes himself to the way of the warrior, mastering the literary and martial arts. His master Kurahashi Jupeita's daughter Misao feels for Mikisahuro who maintains his pride in the face of the arrogant samurai's scorn. She sympathizes with and encourages him. However this sympathy ignites a passionate love for her in Mikisaburo. One day Mikisaburo's mother is walking along the road. Hayami Genzaburo, the son of a chief retainer, and his escorts are galloping on horseback. Genzaburo's horse kicks Mikisaburo's mother and she dies. Next, Mikisaburo returns home to find that his sister has been violated by Genzaburo. Finally, the object of Mikisaburo's love, Misao, becomes Genzaburo's wife. His mother, his sister, and finally Misao. Mikisaburo's young blood boils and flows backwards.