Asao Matsumoto

In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss. (themoviedb)

After apprenticing himself to a painter, a man decides that the painter's knowledge isn't enough--he wants his wife too. But as it turns out, the painter's death doesn't keep him from exacting revenge. (imdb)