凯瑟琳（洛丽泰·扬 Loretta Young 饰）出生在一个平凡的农户家中，为了能够走进更高一层的阶级中去，凯瑟琳决定前往大城市学习医务护理以便成为一名护士。然而，梦想刚刚扬帆起航便遭遇了海啸，凯瑟琳的全部积蓄都被骗子骗走，她甚至要面临流落街头的悲惨命运。幸运的是，凯瑟琳看到了一则招聘广告，年轻的议员格兰（约瑟夫·科顿 Joseph Cotten 饰）正在为他的豪宅雇佣一名女佣，就这样，凯瑟琳去应聘了。 　　聪明可爱的凯瑟琳很快就赢得了格兰家人的信赖，她的出现给这幢死气沉沉的大房子带来了一丝快乐的意味。不仅如此，格兰也渐渐爱上了这个古灵精怪又诚实肯干的姑娘。

凯瑟琳是瑞典移民赫尔斯特隆家惟一的女儿，因为不满足于乡村生活，她决定离家到城市里去学习医务护理，好在毕业后进医院做一个护士。可是事不如愿，她在还没有到达目的地的时候就被油漆匠阿道夫骗走了身上带的学费。无奈，她只好应聘了广告上的大房子里的女佣。大房子里住着年轻的议员葛兰·莫雷，他的母亲，以及管家约瑟夫·克兰西。凯瑟琳的出现似乎给这个略显沉闷的家带来了一丝活力。她热情好学，而且在乡间生活的历练使得她还非常能干。见过她一面之后，葛兰的母亲、老莫雷夫人就决定雇佣这个年轻的女孩，虽然她可能只在这里工作2个月。除了能干家务，凯瑟琳煮的咖啡比约瑟夫煮的好，她的做饭手艺似乎征服了年轻议员的胃口。而葛兰也似乎爱上了这个淳朴的姑娘，他甚至会一时脑热地和她一起去滑冰。

A young, bored king will lose his throne to his married nephew unless he weds before reaching thirty. To his mother's despair, the king has no interest in the suitors she has parading for twelve years, only caring for astronomy. A landless farmer's daughter cunningly abuses this passion to attract royal attention and successfully ask for land the family can farm. Having found a golden mortar on it, the honest father brings it to his majesty, but is jailed, suspected of holding back a golden pestle. The daughter gets him freed by winning a riddle dare, with the unsolicited extra price of became the royal fiancee. That ill-considered engagement is easily compromised by challenging the king's misrule on an absurd foal claim.

A young, bored king will lose his throne to his married nephew unless he weds before reaching thirty. To his mother's despair, the king has no interest in the suitors she has parading for twelve years, only caring for astronomy. A landless farmer's daughter cunningly abuses this passion to attract royal attention and successfully ask for land the family can farm. Having found a golden mortar on it, the honest father brings it to his majesty, but is jailed, suspected of holding back a golden pestle. The daughter gets him freed by winning a riddle dare, with the unsolicited extra price of became the royal fiancee. That ill-considered engagement is easily compromised by challenging the king's misrule on an absurd foal claim.

Baron von und zu Wildungen enjoys giddy king Richard's favor, but not his 'election' as husband for the airhead princess Zilly, so he promises to find her a better catch. The baron aims at studious or prince Arthur, who drives his grim father king Johann to despair by showing no interest in matters of state or suitable girls. The only exception is farm maiden Siebenschön ''seven beauty'), whose parents are arrested and the homestead burnt on the baron's instructions. Masquerading as a knave, she finds employ as king's servant and uses the medicinal skills she learned in the nunnery to deal with his back-ache better then the official quack.

1864年，清同治三年，假太监安得海得西太后慈禧的宠爱，在朝中为所欲为。当得知同治皇帝与宫女桂莲相好时，有心染指桂莲的他求得慈禧恩准，以将桂莲赐配给他“二哥”为由，想逼其与他成婚，不料桂莲性烈宁死不从。同治皇帝敢怒不敢言，借安德海南下之机，传旨山东巡抚丁宝桢将其就地正法……

胡金铨弟子李龙编导，特敬恩师

妓女阿春年轻时曾是贵族家的女佣，一天，倾心于她的年轻武士胜之介把她带到了旅店，欲对她倾吐衷肠，不料被官吏发现，抓走了胜之介并将其斩首，阿春及其父母一并都被赶到了京都郊外。阿春被江户松平家选妾的人看中，做了老爷的小老婆，不久之后，阿春生下一男孩，但是夫人为此很是嫉妒，阿春被送回了父母家。为了维持生计，阿春又到岛原的妓院当了妓女，后来有个叫田舍的人要为她赎身，其实田舍是个骗子。阿春又来到商人笹屋嘉兵卫家当女佣，但是，嘉兵卫是个好色之徒，阿春又被他的夫人赶出了家门。阿春嫁给了正直的扇子商店的老板弥吉，但好景不长，弥吉被强盗杀死。阿春只好投身于尼姑庵，也因故又被赶出而流落街头。她听说她在松平家生下的儿子已经子承父业了，但她只被允许远远地望上一眼。

《西鹤一代女》主要讲述:由井原西鹤长篇小说《好色一代女》改编而成. 沟口健二导演,三船敏郎和田中绢代主演, 1952年上映, 讲述女性阿春的故事.

描写真实存在的日本杰出女性的特别连续剧，所刻画的是作家 濑户内寂听，歌手 越路吹雪以及女演员 杉村春子三人。活跃在不同领域，经历了波澜起伏的人生却都在各自的领域耀耀生辉的三个女人，由当今着名女演员宫沢理惠,天海右希，米仓凉子饰演。 　　濑户内寂听 越路吹雪 杉村春子三位名人的三种个性人生夹杂着人生无尽的繁华，赤裸的讽刺，悲哀与美好。。。