永井荷風の没後一周年を記念して、豊田四郎監督が同名小説を映画化した文芸作。東京の郊外、隅田川の東にある遊廓で中学教師・順平は、お雪という娼婦と出会い恋に落ちる。だが、そんなふたりの関係が、順平の妻・光子の知るところとなり…。A village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love. When she learns that he lied and is married to a woman whose child was fathered by another man, she is crushed. He returns to his wife. The woman becomes more distraught when she learns her uncle has misused the money she has sent. As the final straw, her mother dies, and the girl becomes sick.

An elaborate Hollywood retelling of the Bible stories narrated by the film's director John Huston. We open with the Creation of the World and arrive at the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve (Michael Parks and Ulla Bergryd) and continue on to Cain (Richard Harris) and the murder of Abel (Franco Nero). Next, we visit Noah (John Huston) and his ark with its spectacular flood sequence. Then we come to the story of Nimrod, King of Babel (Stephen Boyd), the emergence of man's vanity and the heights to which it could aspire if unchecked. Finally we cover Abraham (George C. Scott), a mystic who spoke personally with God, a leader of men, a builder of nations, a pioneer and a warrior and Sarah (Ava Gardner). At the time she conceived her first child, the event being forecast by an Angel of the Lord. Three such Heavenly Messengers (all portrayed by Peter O'Toole) appeared in the course of events which befell Abraham and Sarah.

电视动画《狼与香辛料Ⅱ》于2009年7月8日25:15（实际上是7月9日）开始播放，全12话。另外，作为第0话的OVA动画《狼与琥珀色的忧郁（原文：狼と琥珀色の忧郁）》随视觉小说《狼与香辛料 狼与金的麦穗（原文：狼と香辛料 狼と金の麦穂）》于2009年4月30日先于电视动画面市。

一家三兄弟，大哥（黄子华 饰）恋恋不忘的前女友Monica（邓丽欣 饰）竟成为二哥（张继聪 饰）的现女友。自尊心驱使下，大哥答应新结识的喵喵（林明祯 饰）的追求。三弟（陈湛文 饰）和女友Josephine（王菀之 饰）的姐弟恋长跑多年，也面临爱情危机。同一屋檐，3对情侣，4段恋情，每晚人齐开餐的相聚渐渐演变成饭桌修罗场，啼笑不停。面对旧爱与新欢，大哥将做何选择？大家努力维持的这个家，又该何去何从？