A wandering samurai is plagued by visions of a beautiful woman killed by his own blade.

A young boy lives in a dark, world of rain until he discovers a yellow umbrella that emits sunlight. The townspeople, led by Colonel Captain, attempt to destroy the young boy and his different yellow umbrella. They succeed, but not completely.

At the beginning of the Civil War, Benjamin Eaton brings his upper-class bride, Alice, to live in California. She is thrown into the rough life of Los Angeles, with its lawlessness and other dangers. The devastating drought of 1862 tries Ben and Alice's pioneer spirit, and forms the background of their amazing true story. With the help of Ben's Southern-minded brother-in-law, Br. John S.Griffin, and wealthy business partner, Mr. Don Benito Wilson, they find a way to build the first zanja — water system — to bring water out of the Arroyo Seco. How that happened is this story...

A nameless psychopath who videotapes the horrific murders of beautiful, young women discovers that he may actually be a character in someone else's snuff film.

A robot motorcycle cop comes to grief while chasing a speeder along a Western desert highway.