1915年某天，河北易县清西陵，锣鼓喧天，鼓乐齐鸣。浩浩荡荡的队伍带着珍妃的遗体来此，并将其安葬在这里，珍妃的贴身太监福海（顾岚 饰）忠心耿耿，留下来守候主子的陵寝。时间飞逝，23年后大清国早已灭亡，中华大地进入动荡纷争的时期，内忧外患，民不聊生，百姓流离失所，穷则思变 。某个酒馆，食客谈起前朝往事，称慈禧太后（朱琳 饰）害死珍妃（黎静 饰），后因内心恐慌而舍出无数金银财宝将其厚葬。正是言者无心，听者有意。关于财宝的传说令数路人马动了心思。急于筹资为父报仇的鄂世臣（陈宝国 饰）和土匪头子高大魁（郝一平 饰）纷纷行动，而护陵队和日本探子也尾随其后。一场裹挟贪欲和私念的夺宝战争就此展开……

在世界末日后的地球上，一个为保护造物主的爱犬而生的机器人，学习生活、爱情、友谊以及作为人类意味着什么。

After the ultra sophisticated couple, Bob (a filmmaker) and wife, Carol attend a secluded therapy group (only to observe) they become modernized in their sexual thinking and behavior. Can Bob and Carol's new thinking rub off onto best friends, Ted and Alice?Documentary film-maker Bob Saunders and his wife Carol attend a group therapy session that serves as the backdrop for the opening scenes of the film. Returning to their Los Angeles home, the newly "enlightened" couple chastise their closest friends, Ted and Alice, for not coming to grips with their true feelings. Bob insists that everyone "feel" rather than intellectualize their emotions, and Carol pronounces "that's beautiful" after anyone says anything even remotely personal. Ted and Alice humor their friends, but it is obvious that there is a good-natured sexual tension at work within the foursome.

海辺にある木原道彦の別荘に集まった若者たち、その中のひとり下条卓也は何事にもさめていて、仲間のバカ騒ぎに付き合おうとしない。また、桂葉子は急な連絡で家に帰ることに。実は父親が汚職が発覚し、代議士の大瀬戸の圧力から自殺してしまったのだ…60年代安保の雰囲気の中、若者たちの姿を描いた。当時ラジオドラマなどを書いていたほとんど無名の寺山修司が榛葉栄治の原作を脚本化、これが２作目となる篠田正浩が監督した。“松竹ヌーベルバーグ”という波を起こした作品のひとつ。