广西某个美如仙境的山村，聋子王家宽（刘烨）爱上村里最漂亮的姑娘朱灵（陶虹）后，开始用自己独特的方式对其展开追求，朱灵虽深受感动，心仍属了别人。从外地来寻找哥哥的蔡玉珍（董洁）暂住在王家后，慢慢爱上了王家宽。朱灵得知自己不慎怀上身孕后把自己关在屋子里，不明真相的众人为把她喊出来唱山歌时，发现蔡玉珍原来是哑巴。朱灵出来后，王家宽因无法承受打击离家出走。不久，王家宽恢复平静回到村子，有心的朱灵开始撮合他与蔡玉珍。

故事发生在一间名为“铜锣之春”的铜锣烧专卖店里，千太郎（永濑正敏 饰）是这里的店长，曾经，他有过一段十分灰暗的过往，如今，他将不堪回首的回忆深深的埋葬在心底，安安心心，只做一介卖铜锣烧的小贩。某日，一位名叫德江（树木希林 饰）的老人来到了店铺，声称自己是来应聘做店员的，然而，小小的铜锣之春里并不需要店员，千太郎从一开始就打算拒绝德江。然而，德江拿出了自己制作的红豆馅，品尝过后，千太郎被馅料的美味所震惊了，就这样，德江成为了店里的一员。随着时间的推移，一些有关德江的不利传闻在小镇上蔓延开来，甚至影响到了店铺的经营。

This short documentary by Ozu was intended to present the artistry of kabuki dancer Kikugoro Onoe IV to both Japanese and foreign audiences. A voice-over narration introduces Kikugoro as well as the dance he performs in the film's second half, in which a young girl is transformed into a resplendent lion (the imagery of which apparently inspired Jean Cocteau as he conceived his own BEAUTY AND THE BEAST). Watching Kikugoro imitate the gestures of a demure maiden you see how he deserved his fame. Ozu shoots the performance in three simple set-ups: a roving frontal shot of the performers on stage, an angled shot from the side of the stage, and an angled longshot that acknowledges the presence of the audience in a way that is unmistakably Ozu.

女老师凯瑟琳，她返乡时发现，当地恶霸将她的父亲凌虐至死，于是她决定自己成立一个帮派，以报杀父之仇，参与该帮派之人，包括了一些小混混、一个驯马者，以及一个超级古怪的枪手，结果，他们竟然莫名其妙的变成了英雄！