This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang. He insists that he is not Kunisada, as the word is Kunisada has been executed, but of course the audience know better. Sonny Chiba plays an unusual supporting role as a helpless young man unable to defend himself from the gangsters. He does, however, get to play taiko drums and dance with Junko Fuji (who makes her film debut here). Chiba's father, an old judge who helps Kunisada, is played by Takashi Shimura. The film hardly anything exceptional, but it's a pretty decent jidai geki / yakuza drama.

松本清张第三部长篇推理作品改编
故事從一家擁有五千名員工的昭和電器製作所，在發薪日前夕慘遭詐騙集團騙取一張支票開始。在會計課課長關野德一郎自殺之後，欲追查其真相的人也相繼慘遭殺害。
而關野的下屬荻崎追查後發現，在德一郎死因的背後，所有的事件皆受到某個地下組織操控。荻崎隻身對抗這個右翼組織，並實地走訪調查真相，奔走日本四處……

AKA Family of Women. A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old father.