George Kellerman and his wife make a trip to New York, where he is about to take a new job. This journey turns out to be a trip to hell -- what can go wrong will go wrong.

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.

佛教大学的学生清水四郎（天知茂 饰）与矢岛教授（中村虎彦 饰）的女儿幸子（三ツ矢歌子 饰）相恋，已经到了谈婚论家的阶段。但是清水最近经常受到同学田村（沼田曜一 饰）的打扰和纠缠，后者就像来自地狱的魔鬼，反复试图放大清水灵魂中阴暗面。在某晚开车返家途中，清水轧死一名醉汉，心怀愧疚的他决定自首，却间接害死幸子，幸子的母亲芙美（宮田文子 饰）也因而精神错乱。一连串的打击让清水无法承受，他逃回父母的家中，与父亲一同打理养老院“天上园”。就在“天上园”十周年庆典上，在座宾朋全部中毒身亡。清水的魂魄来到阴曹，见到了最恐怖的地狱景象……本片是中川信夫在新东宝拍摄的最后一部怪奇电影，也是大藏贡最后一次担当中川导演制作人的影片。

影片改自讲谈社出版的同名漫画，讲述了热衷于抱石攀岩的女高中生小寺的逐梦故事