故事发生在清朝末年,席方平(沙溢 饰)的父亲是清正廉洁的监察御史,却遭到了贪官的诬陷而被斩首。这一幕恰巧被嫉恶如仇的女鬼小谢(席与立 饰)瞧见,小谢决定替席方平的父亲伸冤。在席方平为父亲守灵之夜,小谢现身,把自己的计划告诉了席方平。在小谢的带领下,两人来到了阴曹地府,哪知道这里的阎王判官亦是贪官污吏之流,不仅未能还席方平父亲的清白,还让席方平白白遭了不少的罪。 意难平的小谢又不顾自己的安危,带着苟活的席方平勇闯天庭,得到了二郎神的帮助,最终使得席方平的父亲沉冤得雪。在此过程中,小谢和席方平之间也生出了一段人鬼之恋。
吉村公三郎代表作,也是蘇珊.桑塔最喜愛的日本經典片之一。吉村愛向難度挑戰,喜歡實驗,討厭被歸類,是松竹的壞孩子,卻因此為日本電影開創出不少可能性。影片描寫日本戰後,末落貴族變賣大宅前舉行的最後一場舞會。吉村親歷這樣的一個舞會,他用所見所感,寫出一個個玲瓏浮凸的人物:戀棧風光的父親,目空一切的兒子,不肯放下身段的大女兒...道盡大時代的種種細碎。也是原節子代表作,這個洞悉世情的次女兒與父親起舞,成為全片焦點,也為時代作了精采的解讀。 World War II is over, and the once-prominent Anjo family has fallen on hard times. They must finally sell the family home - but not before one last ball to recapture their glory days. However, old secrets and high emotions threaten to turn the evening into tragedy. Proud patriarch Tadahiko (Takizawa) can barely keep his unruly offspring in check, and tries every last trick to keep the house where he has spent the happiest years of his life. In his darkest hour, daughter Atsuko (frequent Ozu heroine, Hara Setsuko) shows her beleaguered father the hard-won dignity in starting over. SummerIFF 2007