本片讲述了中国共产党革命先驱马骏烈士自1920年入党以后，组织五四运动，在东北组建地下党组织，赴前苏联学习，接受党的指示回国就任中共北京市委书记兼组织部长后被出卖壮烈牺牲的故事。

About a young boy's passion for horses, his paralysis from polio, and subsequent triumph over his handicap by learning to ride. Village life of the period (just before World War I) is well evoked, and the boy's relationship to his wastrel father, anxious mother, and the somewhat scornful village kids is treated with some feeling. It's a whimsical, rather drowsy film, overlaid with an unfortunate technical tricksiness and an insistent music score. Unexpectedly, it improves enormously with the boy's illness and his feverish hallucinations in hospital. Later, treated with a nicely quirky sense of humour, neither his crippled state nor his determination to overcome it are trivialised. Altogether a bit of an oddity, pleasant and irritating in equal proportions as it avoids the obvious pitfalls and then falls flat where least expected.

村山圣(松山研一饰)从小喜爱将棋立志成为职业棋手，但是病魔缠身29岁便英年早逝，其短暂而精彩的一生将浓缩在电影中。

积极投身于左翼运动的法律系学生贤一郎，眼看学生运动即将失败开始动摇，转而准备起司法考试，同时也开始亲近他原本一直非常厌恶和躲避着的资本家叔叔以及他美丽的女儿。当叔叔决定将女儿嫁给贤一郎时，他却意外得知自己底层社会出身的小女朋友已经怀孕并因孕期太长无法堕胎。为了挤进上流社会，贤一郎决定将他的女朋友杀掉......

'I am responsible for my own karma and must face its consequences...' Phueak, a slum kid who was born with less value than others, has always remained silent and allowed himself to be victimized by others just to survive in society. Until the moment he makes the biggest mistake of his life - selling drugs to preserve the dignity of his single mother who raised him alone since childhood.

秋千初恋失败的少女一时想不开自杀，后被医术精湛的年轻医生救活。劫后余生的少女依然苦闷不堪。在医生的介绍下，少女开始在看护所当保姆。两个人渐渐走近对方，最后医生向少女表白爱意。少女结束了长久的苦闷，接受了这份情意。影片告诉我们，爱情并不意味着以身相许，而是重在真心实意。

1918年的上海，为给码头工人筹备扫盲班，女学生钟婉和休学务工的同学谢一白意外合作。两人在为工人权益并肩作战中，逐渐拥有共同的信仰与向往。五四运动前夕，众人帮助学生代表何葆仁顺利前往北京，助力五四运动开展。这场胜利，空前鼓舞了动荡时代的人民。

一部二十分钟的影片，承载着四个短篇故事。来自不同背景、不同类型、不同职业的四个女子，却一致选择了相同的决定，果断且执着。本片呈现年轻生命的自由意志、女性的身体自主，试图探讨年轻人对于两性关系的互动和生命观。