Plot:
Naomitsu, is the second son of the noble
Hatakeyama family, whos heirs are supposed to become a shogun's councilors. He knew from his childhood that the honorable title and glory should fall to brother's share and given up everything. The only dream he had was to marry to beautiful princess
Ako-hime. The dream did not come true - betrayed by his own brother who took by force his fiancee as a wife,
Naomitsu runs away to the hills with his beloved
Ako and soon they are attacked by a bandit named
Tajomaru.
- Like Akira Kurosawa‘s Oscar-winner «Rashomon» the film is based on a short novel «In the woods» by Ryunosuke Akutagawa