David Petersen is passing through the Colorado Rockies. After saving a young diner waitress from her violent ex-husband during a break from driving, he hits the road again alone through a dangerous snow blizzard. One false move behind the wheel has him waking up inside a ravine, in the eye of the storm. But the cold is the least of his worries when a beast starts prowling outside. How will he survive?
信浓有一座楢山，附近山村的人到了七十岁就得进楢山。树桩家六十九岁的阿玲（坂本澄子 饰）还有三件事放不下：一是四十五岁的长子辰平（绪形拳 饰）去年成了鳏夫；二是二十岁的长孙袈裟吉（仓崎青儿 饰）总是在村里人面前嘲笑自己牢固的牙齿；三是三十五岁的次子利助（左顿平 饰）还未与女人性交过。一年一度的祭祀日，等来了新儿媳阿玉（竹城明 饰）的阿玲狠下心在石臼上磕掉了两颗门牙。割稻子的时节，袈裟吉将雨屋家的阿松（高田顺子 饰）领进了树桩家，可是阿松却将树桩家的粮食偷运至雨屋家。辰平抓住了阿松，但并未张扬，只是私下教训了事。可是雨屋家世代偷盗，终于引发众怒。村里人不仅抄了雨屋家，为绝后患，还将雨屋全家活埋，阿松也不例外。阿玲打定主意冬天进楢山，但是利助的事该拜托谁呢……
Classic British comedy adapted from a James Thurber story about a tweed manufacturer's elderly accountant who devises a plan to save the company from an American takeover bid. The arrival of an efficiency expert from the States causes enough of a stir but, when it turns out to be a woman, the old-fashioned number cruncher declares war. Man-eating businesswoman, Angela Barrows is sent by her US company to Edinburgh to investigate export opportunities. She meets businessman Robert MacPherson en route and he persuades her to help bring his company into the 20th century. The staff, lead by Mr. Martin, have other ideas and a battle between the old and new business methods breaks out.
History Channel巨制，CCTV引进版改名为《美国商业大亨传奇》。 美利坚合众国不是被发现的，而是被建设的。洛克菲勒、范德比尔特、卡内基、阿斯特、福特和摩根，就是这些人建设了它，而且他们的名字与美国梦想同义。在工业时代的顶峰时期，这些人为一个现代国家创立了一个大胆的想象力，并改造了我们时代的最了不起的工业：石油、铁轨、港铁、船舶、汽车和金融。他们都是从贫困中挣扎起来的。当他们选举总统、设定经济政策并影响他们时代的每一重大事件的时候，他们的道路交叉反复，从内战到经济大萧条。这部系列片还勾勒出数百万美国工人从宾夕法尼亚州炼钢厂到底特律的组装线，是他们把这些梦想变成事实。
