After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The first of the two was 'The Fall of Babylon', which depicts the conflict between Prince Belshazzar of Babylon and Cyrus the Great of Persia.
像往常一样，走在下班路上的和子（尾野真千子饰演）上了天桥，发现前面有个拄着双拐走路的女孩环（佐伯日菜子饰演）。和子很快留意到这个陌生神秘女子，在她左脚上打着白色厚重石膏，看着既不灵活又不方便。果然在和子表示想帮助对方时，环用一种不太自然、没有敬语的命令口吻——要和子把她右脚的高跟鞋脱掉，说是穿着不适。 随后，和子就来到环一人独居的家中。之后环又提出要冰镇啤酒，显然行动不便的她是命令和子满足该要求。和子照办了，跑转一圈才买到冰啤，不料环居然给了她房间的钥匙作为答谢。这就是《石膏绷带》的故事开始，称不上绝妙超凡，却趣味有余。
