After the death of his parents, railway worker Yuichiro Murofushi returns to his hometown and agrees to an arranged marriage at the insistence of his uncle and aunt. However, the arrangement soon falls through due to various circumstances.
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.
Filmed on location in the Mongolian plains.