Three stories about suffered women in the Meiji era. Story 1: Jusan'ya/The Thirteenth Night - A young woman abandons her family, encounters a man she fancied in her adolescence, and leaves him without neither of them declaring their mutual love. Story 2: Otsugomori/On the Last Day of the Year - Forced by poverty and family needs, a maid is forced to take money from her employers, but her fault is covered by the fact the employers' only son has taken so much more money that her two yen are not found out. Story 3: Nigorie/Troubled Waters - In the red light district, a man falls into decay and poverty, and ultimately loses his honor and life for the love of geisha.—Artemis-9