本片分为四个故事：亚洲级影《黑发》居住在京都的武士（三國連太郎 饰）厌倦了贫苦的生活，亚洲级影他抛弃妻子（新珠三千代 饰），与一个贵族小姐（渡辺美佐子 饰）结婚。然而现任妻子的冷酷让武士怀念起前妻的温柔贤淑，他再次与前妻相遇，结果却出人意料；《雪女》狂风暴雪的一日，青年（仲代達矢 饰）在山上邂逅美丽的雪女（岸恵子 饰）。雪女爱慕青年，饶他不死，但青年不得将这次相遇告知外人；《无耳芳一的故事》盲僧芳一（中村賀津雄 饰）的琵琶弹唱连鬼魂也分外欣赏，但经常与鬼接触势必折损阳寿，寺中的长老决定拯救芳一；《茶杯中》武士关内（中村翫右衛門 饰）喝茶时发现茶碗有一个陌生人的面孔，他打破茶碗，却引来了一个不速之客。本片根据小泉八云同名短篇小说改编，并荣获1965年戛纳电影节评委会特别奖、1966年每日电影最佳艺术指导和最佳摄影两项大奖。
回复 :After years on the run, the mystery man known as "Trick" is back, but not on his own terms. Trick finds himself trapped in a cage with four other hostages - all of them paralyzed from the neck down. When Trick realizes that one of the other hostages is an old foe, Detective Epperson, the two begin working together to uncover the connection between them and their captor - a masked man they suspect is the infamous Deathstalker Killer. Meanwhile, Agent Bobby Church of the FBI is investigating Epperson's disappearance and discovers the detective vanished while he had been following a lead in the Deathstalker case. The search soon has Church crossing paths with Epperson's former partner, Scott, himself looking into the abduction of his friend, Olivia. After Scott and Church discover cellphone pictures of Olivia in the cage with both Trick and Epperson, they know they must race against the clock to find the location of the cage before time runs out, and the hostages are executed one-by-one.
回复 :January is forced to return home after six years traveling abroad. A near-fatal accident has left her temporarily wheelchair bound and depleted of her long-term memory. She is accompanied by her boyfriend 'Callum' whom she met whilst traveling. He was also the driver in the fateful accident. Not only has she forgotten her family, but her childhood as well and is surprised to discover that her home is a stately manor in the middle of the country-side. As January tries to settle in, she finds herself becoming even more estranged from her family, who just want their daughter back. The trouble is, she cannot remember who that daughter was, or why she ran away in the first place. Desperate to discover why she left all those years ago and with Callum's help, she sets out to find the truth. They soon discover the family are not as loving as they seem to be. Was there a dark reason why she left them in the first place?
回复 :一对经历丰富的警察搭档争分夺秒地从过去和假线索中寻找蛛丝马迹，以抓获一个以小女孩为犯罪对象的神秘连环杀手。