Tsuchitarō Hayashi

When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.

A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.