During an attempted coup d'etat on the emperor's palace samurai Moritoh (Kazuo Hasegawa) rescues court lady Kesa (Machiko Kyo). During the short time that
Claude Sautet's 1972 romantic drama pits obnoxious salesman César (Yves Montand) against reserved artist David (Sami Frey) as they vie for the affections of Rosalie