本片分为四个故事:《黑发》居住在京都的武士(三國連太郎 饰)厌倦了贫苦的生活,他抛弃妻子(新珠三千代 饰),与一个贵族小姐(渡辺美佐子 饰)结婚。然而现任妻子的冷酷让武士怀念起前妻的温柔贤淑,他再次与前妻相遇,结果却出人意料;《雪女》狂风暴雪的一日,青年(仲代達矢 饰)在山上邂逅美丽的雪女(岸恵子 饰)。雪女爱慕青年,饶他不死,但青年不得将这次相遇告知外人;《无耳芳一的故事》盲僧芳一(中村賀津雄 饰)的琵琶弹唱连鬼魂也分外欣赏,但经常与鬼接触势必折损阳寿,寺中的长老决定拯救芳一;《茶杯中》武士关内(中村翫右衛門 饰)喝茶时发现茶碗有一个陌生人的面孔,他打破茶碗,却引来了一个不速之客。 本片根据小泉八云同名短篇小说改编,并荣获1965年戛纳电影节评委会特别奖、1966年每日电影最佳艺术指导和最佳摄影两项大奖。This film contains four distinct, separate stories. "Black Hair": A poor samurai who divorces his true love to marry for money, but finds the marriage disastrous and returns to his old wife, only to discover something eerie about her. "The Woman in the Snow": Stranded in a snowstorm, a woodcutter meets an icy spirit in the form of a woman spares his life on the condition that he never tell anyone about her. A decade later he forgets his promise. "Hoichi the Earless": Hoichi is a blind musician, living in a monastery who sings so well that a ghostly imperial court commands him to perform the epic ballad of their death battle for them. But the ghosts are draining away his life, and the monks set out to protect him by writing a holy mantra over his body to make him invisible to the ghosts. But they've forgotten something. "In a Cup of Tea": a writer tells the story of a man who keep seeing a mysterious face reflected in his cup of tea.