A group of struggling actors, led by Kihachi, face financial and weather-related challenges, unable to perform. Kihachi secretly visits his ex-lover Otsune and their son Shinkichi, who believes his father is a deceased civil servant. Meanwhile, Kihachi's lover Otaka discovers his secret and plots to ruin Shinkichi and humiliate Kihachi by hiring the troupe's ingénue Otoki to seduce him.
A Story of Floating Weeds
A ruthless woman orchestrates a deceitful plan to destroy her lover's son, fueled by her own jealousy and resentment.
