14 international awards, including an Academy Award Nomination and the Special Prize of the Jury at Cannes International Film Festival, this film presents a surrealistic and humorous satire on the Madison Avenue image of the world through advertising. It Shows a man sitting in a bathtub on a pier at the Hudson River with a background of the New York skyline. He is typing underwater with the words literally going down the drain. Opens the door, and a stripper wrapped in toilet paper appears, and attempts to seduce him. Neat jazz score by Cool Jazzmen Gerry Mulligan & Bob Brookmeyer.

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.

解放战争后期，随着三大战役的胜利结束，党中央、毛主席战略决策，令刘伯承（傅学诚 饰）、邓小平（卢奇 饰）率二野及四野一部，向湘鄂黔川挺进，对盘距在西南的残敌围而歼之。南下途中，邓小平向邂逅的铁路专家询问成渝铁路的建设问题，并给南下部队及时上政治教育课，贯彻毛主席“将革命进行到底”的伟大教导。刘伯承率部粉碎蒋介石（赵恒多 饰）的阴谋，巧渡乌江，活捉敌兵团司令，突破白马山防线，解放西南重镇重庆。国民党西康省主席刘文辉（杨次禹 饰）、军政长官邓锡侯（丁笑宜 饰）等高级将领纷纷通电起义，蒋介石丢失了他在大陆的最后屏障，无奈之下，逃奔台湾......

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