The time: the 1920s. The place: New York City. The Lower East Side, on the southeast corner of Manhattan Island, is home to a great many Jewish immigrants who came to the United States, beginning in the late 19th century, from a Russia ravaged by political turmoil and an eastern Europe where they had experienced tremendous poverty. Despite the American dream that anyone can achieve success, for the Jewish immigrants in the Lower East Side this dream is difficult to make a reality. David “Noodles” Aaronson is born into this Jewish enclave, and from a very young age gets his hands dirty in the seedy underbelly of society. Along with his trusted companions Max, Cockeye, Patsy, and Dominic, Noodles lays down roots in the criminal underworld...
The time is Northern Italy in the Middle Ages. Vittorio, the lord of Il Lago, who is vying for supremacy with his neighbor Bolzano, demands that Giulio, the new lord of Bolzano, make peace with him by marrying his half-sister Clarice. On the night of the wedding, Clarice takes advantage of the opportunity to put a dagger in Vittorio's eye. This is the story of how two enemies are united by true love.
“They have a grand history, but they don’t have any money!” Such is the historic little country Pecchieno. Their prime minister, after struggling with this problem, has hit on the plan of an immense PR campaign to save the country from its financial difficulties… which is to host a highly publicized national tour featuring the three handsome princes, with the oldest prince, the protagonist, at their head, as well as holding a banquet to find wealthy heiresses for the princess to marry. Although the first prince is extremely attractive, due to a certain situation he has been hiding this. However, in order to save his country, he’ll put his beauty to use in this grand PR strategy!!
Yoshitsune was once a hero, a genius strategist who defeated the Heike. But his older brother Yoritomo regarded him as dangerous and betrayed him, and now Yoshitsune is on the run. He flees aimlessly until one day, completely lost, he meets a young woman named Tsune who can turn into a fox. He says he will grant the woman one favor if, in exchange, she will lead him and his follower Benkei through the blinding snow to her hidden village.There Yoshitsune and Benkei take a much-needed rest, but when they try to leave, they become lost in the snow. No matter how many times they try, they always end up back at the village. The villagers laugh and say this is Tsune's magic — it gives the village eternal refuge from the world. Meanwhile, Yoritomo is searching for the entrance to the village in order to capture Yoshitsune. Will Yoshitsune be able to shake off both his pursuer Yoritomo, and the magic of Tsune, in order to return to the outside world where the cherry blossoms bloom...?