1930年代的阿尔及利亚,冷漠的法国人默尔索对生命彻底漠然。他的情感疏离最终导致一场谋杀,随后的审判不仅审视罪行,更拷问其灵魂。改编自加缪小说《局外人》。
一文字秀虎(仲代达矢饰)征战多年,手段残忍。在七十岁时,秀虎准备将家业一分为三,由三个儿子分掌大权。他把太郎孝虎(寺尾聪饰)、次郎正虎(根津甚八饰)、三郎直虎(隆大介饰)叫到跟前,以“支箭会断,砚支箭折不断”喻语告诫三兄弟,嘱咐他们要休戚与共。三郎当场把三支箭横在膝上折断,以抗议父亲枉经乱世,而不知人情。秀虎大怒,将三郎驱逐出境。三郎遂到邻国入赘为婿。 而之后一文字家果然被三郎言中,背信弃义的告诫果然成真,父子及兄弟间的纷乱开始,迎接他们的将是什么命运?
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...