Ugetsu Monogatari plot
In sixteenth-century Japan, two serfs want to get rich. One, Genjurô, wants to become a potter selling his wares, while the other, Tôbei, prefers to become samurai. When the city is raided by robbers, they both decide to leave the city, but Genjurô soon sends his wife Miyagi back home. Then the rich Lady Wakasa shows interest in his pots and invites him.