卡萨诺瓦1976

　　时值德川幕府末期，海坂藩的下级武士片桐宗藏（永濑正敏 饰）和母亲（倍赏千惠子 饰）、妹妹志乃（田畑智子 饰），以及女佣希惠（松隆子 饰）过着清贫但安乐的生活。母亲过世后，妹妹嫁给了宗藏的好友岛田左门（吉冈秀隆 饰），而希惠却有个不好的婆家。 一日，宗藏偶与希惠在街头重逢，在得知她 倍受婆家人的欺虐后，他怒不可言，将她背回家中收留养病。宗藏心中对希惠尘封已久的爱恋又重新点燃，但他出于各种顾忌，却没敢表明真心。终于，希惠还是离开了宗藏回到家中。而宗藏的同门师兄弟兼好友狭间弥市郎（小泽征悦 饰）因秘密谋反，被捕后越狱出逃，宗藏受命前去追讨。身怀独门秘技隐剑鬼爪的宗藏，将与弥市郎展开一场生死之搏。

　　When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bierce tries to provoke the General's anger whenever possible in an attempt to get himself killed, thus avoiding suffering through his illness. Winslow is intrigued by both Bierce and Arroyo, and the men are in turn attracted to her. She becomes romantically involved with Arroyo. When Winslow learns of Bierce's true identity (a writer whose work she has loved and respected for years), she is singlemindedly determined to fulfill his dying wish.