The wealthy wine-merchant's family and friends gather a party for the 25th anniversary of his company. A journalist who once had tender feelings of the old man's newest wife, also appears among the guests. To help his host out of an unwanted duel he publishes an out of thin air article about him, make the coward wine-merchant a fearless duel hero. All the while he tries to get closer to his former love, but the merchant's daughter becomes more interesting to him.
—mrtanaka