Acting
High school student, Kamishiro Yu doesn't fit in and is constantly bullied; fed up with the abuse Yu secretly trains in boxing and takes revenge on those who once bullied him. Eventually Yu's defeats call the attention of the local thugs, and Yu soon finds himself forced to keep fighting in order to keep his place, his holyland.
Two Osaka comedians, Makoto (Tomomitsu Yamaguchi) and Kinta (Go Morita), are riding bicycles in Tokyo when they're hit by a dump truck. They regain consciousness in 1945, but not of their own bodies. Somehow, their souls have been transported into the bodies of two tokkotai (special forces, or "kamikaze") pilots. Having grown up in a peaceful, carefree Japan, the two comedians experience severe disorientation at having to suddenly deal with the realities of war. They attempt to escape their squadron, knowing that Japan will eventually lose the war, but are nevertheless moved by the young men they meet, all of whom have very different opinions about their fate and the responsibilities that have been placed upon them.
To meet the woman he loves, the protagonist, Gunji, escapes from prison by climbing over the walls. He finally reaches to his beloved, only to find out that she is living with Kyohei, his sworn enemy. Gunji tries to get the woman back, but she eludes him. Gunji borrows Kyohei's car and heads to the suburbs to take the woman to an audition, they arrive at a luxurious hotel, where he finds out that that the woman was going to sleep with a producer. He tries to stop the woman, but she says it's was "for her dream". Gunji, who is alone in the car and exploding with anger, finds Kyohei's pistol inside the car. He enters the hotel with the gun in his hand...
A youth ensemble drama depicting the life of Koji Yokoyama, the sub-leader of the Shimokitazawa branch who organized the team with an overwhelming presence. Black Emperor was said to be the largest runaway group in Japan in the early 1970s.
