Even more daring than the former Zigeunerweisen. The film delves into the life-death conflicts and the atmosphere of mystery in the involvement of a playwright with a beautiful woman, who is mistaken for the wife, now dead, of a close friend. Seijun Suzuki also explores his fascination set to the scenarios of the twenties, at this time inspired by the novellas by Izumi Kyoka, and, more particularly, by that of the same name, "Kageroza".