Tetsuzō (Ken Ogata) is an unsuccessful ukiyo-e painter who lives with his daughter Ōei (Yūko Tanaka) in poverty over a Geta (footwear) shop owned by Ōyaku (Nobuko Otowa), the older wife of the aspirant writer Sashichi (Toshiyuki Nishida) who is a childhood friend of Tetsuzō.
The unknown life of Ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai in the Edo period, who is said to have painted more than 30,000 works throughout his life, such as "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji"
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
1938'de gergin geçen Münih Konferansı'nda artık rakip hükûmetler için çalışan eski arkadaşlar bir Nazi sırrını açığa çıkarmak için yarışan gönülsüz casuslar hâline gelir.
Film , 19.yüzyılda Çin'de kadınlara uygulanan katı kültürel normlar ile savaşmak için kendilerine özgü gizli kodlar geliştiren iki kadının ömürboyu süren dostluğunu anlatıyor.