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.

在很久以后的未来，地面已经被污染到无法生存的程度，人类开始朝地底开发，并创造人工生命体代为劳动，没想到人工生命体反抗了人类接管了地底世界，而因为过度污染与新型态的病毒感染，原已所剩无几的人类又减损了近30%的人口，此时的人类以基因改造获得了长生，相对的也面对了自此失去生育能力的窘境，创造新生命成为人类世界复苏的关键。为了找寻失落的基因密码──“繁衍”，人类望向了曾经开发的地底世界开启了探索任务，同时因学生人数骤减而被舞蹈教室裁员的碰太，参加了地底任务的征选成为了被派往地底的英雄，只身前往充满未知恐惧的地底世界，惊人的地底探险就此开始……

In a hostile time for Asian Americans, the revisiting of an unlikely athlete's story 10 years later gives hope and shatters stereotypes on sport's biggest stage.

故事发生在1970年代。某日黄昏，罗二叔的女儿碧桃（迟蓬 饰）赶着一辆破车前往罗家村，车上坐着被打倒的原地委书记谷铁铮（位北原 饰）以及华侨出身的戈弋（米迪奇 饰）。戈弋怀抱儿子沉香，妻子不久前死于干校。在碧桃家虽有全家人照顾，但带一个吃奶的孩子毕竟很不方便。戈弋无奈写信向亲戚求助帮助抚养儿子，不料此举招来牢狱之灾。碧桃出于同情竭力相帮，被恋人玉生（徐为平 饰）发觉。公社把工农兵大学生名额给了根红苗正的碧桃和玉生，在填表时碧桃遭革委会徐主任调戏，她愤然回家。不久村里传出她和戈弋之间莫须有的绯闻，罗二叔（贾六 饰）自感老脸没处撂，一气之下将她赶出家门。碧桃忍辱负重，决心把沉香抚养大......