Japanese action feature directed by kinji fukasaku former military marksman shozo hirono bunta sugawara embarks on a journey into the gangster underworld of post war hiroshima working his way through the ranks hirono navigates a variety of betrayals and double crosses to become a respected mob boss despite his success a disillusioned hirono struggles to come to terms with the lack of respect shown between rival families who continually ignore the traditional ways of the samurai