A mother and son have a strong, almost sexual, bond through moments present and past. The father of the past (who has died of Tuberculosis, revealed shockingly), the mother's current liaison, and the son's wife all re-enforce roles of sexual inadequacy with the two main characters (Mother, Shizuko, and son, Shizuo). Time is blended together, and the film ends up being an incredibly interesting melodrama with much of the (Japanese new wave staple) political put on backburner. A subplot involving the son's lack of sexual interest in his wife, and his mother's lack of sexual fulfillment in her lover (husband to be, I'm not sure) adds to the development of the incest tone.

A mother and son have a strong, almost sexual, bond through moments present and past. The father of the past (who has died of Tuberculosis, revealed shockingly), the mother's current liaison, and the son's wife all re-enforce roles of sexual inadequacy with the two main characters (Mother, Shizuko, and son, Shizuo). Time is blended together, and the film ends up being an incredibly interesting melodrama with much of the (Japanese new wave staple) political put on backburner. A subplot involving the son's lack of sexual interest in his wife, and his mother's lack of sexual fulfillment in her lover (husband to be, I'm not sure) adds to the development of the incest tone.

原案・構成：手塚治虫 　　脚本：手塚プロダクション 　　音楽：服部克久 　　キャラクターデザイン：手塚治虫、瀬谷新二 　　作画監督：吉村昌輝、杉野昭夫、小林準治、しまだひであき 　　監修：今道瑤子（聖パウロ女子修道会） 　　監督：出崎 統 　　制作：手塚プロダクション 　　製作・著作：日本テレビ放送網、イタリア国営放送

四位不同时代的艺人组成的万卷游学团，每期邀请一位“风雅体验官”，来到传世名作的创作地，为再现与作品紧密相关的“名场面”，他们将根据“游学攻略”，一路行旅了解其人其事，不断“加载”必备的知识、技能和文化，最终抵达目的地完成一场古今同游的“情景再现”，感受作品的魅力所在；并在旅行结束后，并以今天视角重新解读的融创秀，将千年前的精神内涵用现代的方式表达出来，彰显华夏文明的延续和传承。

四位不同时代的艺人组成的万卷游学团，每期邀请一位“风雅体验官”，来到传世名作的创作地，为再现与作品紧密相关的“名场面”，他们将根据“游学攻略”，一路行旅了解其人其事，不断“加载”必备的知识、技能和文化，最终抵达目的地完成一场古今同游的“情景再现”，感受作品的魅力所在；并在旅行结束后，并以今天视角重新解读的融创秀，将千年前的精神内涵用现代的方式表达出来，彰显华夏文明的延续和传承。