Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
Kihachi Okamoto
Director
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Kazuo Yamada
Director of Photography
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Toshirō Mifune
Detective Saburo Fujioka
Koji Tsuruta
Tetsuo Maruyama
Yōko Tsukasa
Sally
Yōsuke Natsuki
Officer Miake
Makoto Satō
Yata
Seizaburō Kawazu
Kyuzaburo Oka
Jun Tazaki
Otokichi Kozuka
Akemi Kita
Mari
Mickey Curtis
Sugino
Akihiko Hirata
Susumu Tendo
Hideyo Amamoto
Ichino
Akira Wakamatsu
Futagawa
