The first film to be released from Toshio Masuda's "Yakuza Diaries" series. In a Nikkatsu noir classic set against the backdrop of Hiroshima, Hideki Takahashi stars as Ginjiro, a nobleman-turned-yakuza, who takes his sword for justice - but freedom comes at a price - blood must be shed.
Ginjiro (Hideki Takahashi) was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for blood, Ginjiro equips for battle. When a rival family raids their gambling parlor, he slashes a masked henchman. Unbeknown to him, his victim was no henchman.