二次世界大战期间，美军不费吹灰之力就攻占了西西里岛一个小镇，不料一夜狂欢之后德军反扑，美军反成为阶下囚。而此时美军上级已获报胜利，欲亲赴小镇一尝胜利滋味。被囚的美军只好以妙计逃亡，在长官面前表演一场假戏真做的战争。构想奇妙而具讽刺性的战争喜剧，表达战争的荒谬感颇为成功。詹姆斯．科伯恩、迪克．肖恩、奥尔多．雷等演员的表演生动，娱乐效果不俗。当然也是与导演布莱克．爱德华兹与编剧威廉．彼得．布莱提的不凡功力分不开的。

下等武士原之助因要求改革遭拒而杀掉了自己的主人。主人的女儿美佐和丈夫原田以及高手慎吾带领着众多的武士追杀原之助，原之助开始了自己的逃亡之旅。原之助在逃亡路上遇到了同样是下等武士的寿他，一门心思在河边和妻子一起淘金的寿他欲通过为部落淘金来摆脱自己下等武士的身份，但这样的淘金为政府所不允许。原之助想抢夺寿他的金子，三个流浪武士也对寿他的金子觊觎不已，追杀原之助的人马也赶到此地，而寿他的部落却想杀掉寿他以杀人灭口。有着相似遭遇的原之助和寿他之间可谓不打不成交，英雄惜英雄。三个流浪武士抓住了寿他的妻子胁迫寿他交出藏着的金子，美佐也遭到强奸，寿他部落的大批高手也纷至沓来，一场激战在所难免……

电视台主播韩京培（薛景求 饰）的儿子被绑架了，绑匪（姜东元 饰）打来电话要求1亿韩元的赎金，京培不得讨价还价。京培与妻子智善（金南珠 饰）都十分着急，无奈之下只好报警了，警方很快展开了调查。警方的高科技调查方式对于狡猾的罪犯来说根本起不了作用。唯一有用的证据便是绑匪打来电话时被录下了的嗓音。一把低沉而且毫无感情的嗓音。案情一直没有进展，京培与妻子连儿子的死活都不知道。于是京培决定自己出面，偷偷向绑匪提出见面的要求。

The story is about an unnamed detective, hired by a beautiful, alcoholic woman, to find clues related to the disappearance of her husband. In the process, the detective is given a map (a ruined one), supposedly to help him, but which turns out in the end to be more like a metaphor of the guidelines one should have in life. The impossibility of finding relevant clues to help him solve the mystery leads the main character to an existential crisis, which builds slowly from inside and finally puts him in the position of identifying himself with the man he was supposed to find.The Man Without a Map (燃えつきた地図 Moetsukita chizu) is a 1968 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and starring Shintaro Katsu. The screenplay was adapted by Kōbō Abe from his novel The Ruined Map. This was the fourth and final film collaboration between Teshigahara and Abe.