电影讲述了小女孩美子的故事，她必须以身涉险阻止强大的跨国公司绑架自己最好的朋友 — 巨兽“玉子”。

某集团会计张志恒（张家辉 饰）为肥威所惑做假账，令公司亏空一千多万。事后肥威外逃，志恒被商业调查科起诉入狱9个月，他的老板更因缺钱致使妻子病故。9个月的牢狱之灾让志恒受尽欺凌与耻辱，不过他也因此结识了千中高手陈十四（王晶 饰）。志恒为其赌技和千术所折服，遂拜其为师，陈十四业刚好需要拍档对付陷害他的龙王（张兆辉 饰），两人一拍即合。志恒天资聪慧，尽得十四真传。两人出狱后先是惩治了当年欺骗十四的女千手，之后将目标锁定在龙王身上。在此过程中，志恒偶然发现十四竟打算将自己当作代罪羔羊。针对龙王的骗局旋即展开，骗与被骗，几无界限……

木下監督は、鶴屋南北の原作にかなり手を加え、お岩の亡霊は伊右衛門の良心の呵責による妄想だという新解釈を与えている。また、この作品を日本の伝統的な絵巻物という視点で捉え、全編を俯瞰撮影の長回しで撮った異色作品。

The film begins with the title Chorokbam filling the screen, which is amazing to see. This is the very moment at which the audience decides to trust this film without hesitation. In terms of how to fill and empty the square frame, the film is bold and skillful. Chorok, meaning green in English, is the color of fate in this movie. The problems of all the family members a hopeless father who works as a night guard, a mother who is completely exhausted with house works, a poor son who works for the disabled and their funeral ceremony are all dominated by the color, green. It is not bright or fancy but dark and scary in some sense. With attractive images and scenes, the film develops a series of worldly episodes of a family up to the level of poetic sentiment of blues and depression. (JUNG Hanseok)