在这部切腹剧情片中,改编自普契尼伟大的抒情悲剧《蝴蝶夫人》，该剧以日本为背景，叙述女主人公小竹与外国军官奥拉夫顿结婚后空守闺房，等来的却是背弃，小竹最后切腹自杀了结尘缘。
The Buddhist priest wants the Daughter of the Daimyo to become a priestess at the Forbidden Garden. The Daimyo thinks if he were in Europe that his daughter should decide on her own, but he is denunciated and has to commit harakiri. She meets Olaf, a European officer, falls in love and marries him, but after a few months he has to return to Europe. She gives birth to a child and is waiting for him, while he marries in Europe. When he comes back to Japan 4 years later, he is accompanied by his European wife...
