When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.
本片講述德川時期發生的兩個殘酷故事：
牛裂篇：長崎當地官員高坂主膳（汐路章 飾）殘暴成性，發明各種酷刑迫害基督徒。在官府奉職的佐佐木伊織（風戶佑介 飾）與女孩登世（內村レナ 飾）相愛，然登世一家為基督徒，不久也被抓進官府。登世父母不堪折磨，相繼慘死，妹妹亦被燙瞎雙眼。得知內情的高坂有意在伊織面前侮辱登世，並將其霸佔，令兩人痛苦不已。一年後，淪為浪人的伊織帶登世逃跑，途中伊織被高坂殺害，登世則因通姦罪遭受了殘酷的牛裂之刑。
鋸刑篇：貪圖享樂的捨藏（川谷拓三 飾）逛青樓無錢付帳，被逼做工償還，期間目睹了妓女們所遭受的種種折磨。舍藏無法繼續忍受，偕相好的妓女大里（橘麻紀 飾）逃亡，靠「仙人跳」為生，中間鬧出不少笑話。後二人被官府捉拿，遭受一系列痛苦刑法…
Saracen pirates aboard the "Black Eagle" attack Christians strongholds along the coast of Spain. When they stop off in Sheba to re-supply, they also buy female slaves and end up fighting over them.
A fanatical sect is suspected to be behind some horrific violent crimes in Ystad. Henning Mankell's sharp-eyed commissioner receives assistance from her daughter Linda, a newly-graduated police officer, and criminal inspector Stefan Lindman. The first of 32 films with Krister Henriksson as the popular commissioner Kurt Wallander.
Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and proclaims the Islamic Republic on April 1st, 1979. In the same year, Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq and, after several border skirmishes, attacks Iran on September 22nd, 1980, initiating a cruel war that will last eight years. Since its outbreak, correspondent Saeid Sadeghi documented it from its beginning to its bitter end.
An overview of the rise and fall of the Knights Templar. A medieval military/religious order with allegiance to no country but only the Pope.
A terrorist attempts to plant a plush toy Ganesh containing a bomb in a temple, but it is stolen by a stubborn child and a race against time begins as the toy passes from hand to hand, ready to explode.