猎场勉从小就在父母的精心照顾下生活，学校老师们告诉学生唯一目标就是考进东京大学。生活的单调使得猎场勉成日里没精打采，并对母亲表现出了强烈的恋母情结。在他看来，父母的性生活是污秽不堪的，父亲是一个继承祖业的伪君子，母亲则是在父亲的奴役之下活着。当他知道女友初子投河自杀后，从强大的音乐声响中寻找渲泻，从而与父亲发生冲突身死。母亲在丈夫入狱后开始了解儿子的想法，并拒绝与出狱的丈夫做爱，还睡在儿子的床上自渎，后终于自杀。

Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its fortunes during the Middle Ages. According to the legend, his motivation was a pivotal childhood incident at the age of six when his mother summoned him and told him about his destiny to revive the fortunes of the Honganji school to which he was the next in line. She then mysteriously disappeared from the temple. Taking her words to heart, from a background of great poverty and hardship, at the age of 16 he set out to spread the word across the land.