Jiro, an ex-convict, comes back to the street after eight years. The gang to which he belonged is nearly disbanded; only the aging boss in his sick bed remains. Still loyal to the ex-boss, Jiro approaches the powerful Hasama family to ask for assistance. Hasama kindly offers him a job: to settle the dispute in the rising manufacturing city where two opposing gangs battle over the land. Hasama promises Jiro that he will be given control over the land if he completes the task. Jiro heads first to the city with six other outlaws summoned by Hasama. However, Hasama suddenly breaks the promise and Jiro is driven to desperate measures.

Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.

On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had no shred of regret. When Goro is released 2 years later, Masahiko is dying in prison hospital and entrusts his last wish; "find my sister and take care of her." Goro leaves as a free man with a mission, but soon finds that he might have been better off in jail.

Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is pressed for money. Goro wants to help and knows that there is only one way to come up with fast money.

1968 film directed by Keiichi Ozawa

組織の保護の下、神戸に潜入している殺し屋は、彼に首ったけの情婦がありながら、兄を組織の手で殺されて食堂を女手一つで切り盛りするインテリ娘に惚れてしまう。組織に裏切られ、彼は情婦と国外脱出を企てるが、その娘がボスの手下に傷つけられたというデマに惑わされて、単身引き返してボスを射殺し警察に捕らえられ……。エキゾチックな神戸の港のムードと、ジャン・ギャバン主演の「望郷」を下敷きにしたセンチメンタルな物語がうまくはまった。裕次郎の魅力もさることながら、主人公に付きまとう刑事役の大坂志郎、脱出の手引きをするマダムの轟夕起子と脇役陣の充実ぶりも作品を魅力あるものにしている。