Three showgirls on their way to Las Vegas have car trouble and are stuck all night out in the desert. The next morning cheerful Andre offers them help in fixing their car. However, Andre is really a maniac with a lot of family problems| his mother ran out on him when he was a child so now he keeps kidnapped women chained up in his barn and trains them to perform circus tricks.。黑泽明电影的出场人物大都是盛气凌人的武士,但本片却一反常态,用愉快的笔触,写一对年轻充满忧愁的恋人在星期天怎样把种种烦恼抛诸脑后的经过。影片又是日本电影中第一部直接反映出年轻人对性的感受的作品,男主角雄造向情人昌子求爱的情节,令当时年轻观众看得意马心猿。一对小情人在废墟中幻想著未来经营小餐馆的场面,也叫人看得心往神怡。。