A blade of karma, starved for love and crazed for women! The reprobate Yohei goes mad with blood in a sea of oil! -- Yohei, the only son of an oil shop, is a profligate who barely works, takes his parents' money, and lavishes it on a courtesan. With the repayment deadline for the money he borrowed from a job broker drawing near, he begs his parents for money but is refused. The seal on Yohei's promissory note was a forgery. If discovered, he cannot escape a serious crime. Yohei visits Okichi, with whom he was on familiar terms, and tries to borrow money, but... -- Shinobu Hashimoto, who handled many masterpieces such as "Seven Samurai" and "I Want to Be a Shellfish", adapted into a screenplay this play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, which premiered as a ningyo joruri puppet play and was later acclaimed as a kabuki repertoire piece. A fierce human drama for which Hiromichi Horikawa, called a gem among director Akira Kurosawa's disciples, took the helm. The video bonuses include the trailer and a still gallery.