简介
宽永七年德川幕府第三代将军家光时，当时由于实施中央集权，削弱了许多诸侯大名的权力，曾经叱咤一时的武士阶级很多失业沦为浪人。残酷的现实使得无所事事的浪人经常跑到诸侯家，表示要切腹自杀，而势力被削弱无力招揽更多浪人的诸侯只得用钱打发他们走，于是这成为当时流行的敲诈手段。一天井伊家来了一位名叫千千岩求女的浪人，他也提出相同要求，家臣决定将计就计，让他切腹，结果千千岩求女在极度痛苦中咬舌死去。
几个月以后又有一名叫津云半四郎（仲代达矢饰）的老浪人前来要求借井伊家宝地切腹自杀。其原因也是不堪生活的困苦，井伊家老（三国连太郎饰）出面。在切腹之前，津云要求讲下自己这辈子的故事……。One year on from the notorious "Jack The Ripper" murders, the killings have stopped, but the identity of the killer remains a mystery. Down-at-heel newspaper reporter Sebastian Stubb has moved on to reporting on other scandals, but when a new "Ripper" letter appears on his desk and the killings start again, he unwittingly finds himself at the center of a new mystery. Has the "R...。