Souichi Kijima

Kobe in the Showa era. Within the Hamasei-gumi, a branch of the Yamaga-gumi, there were two men known for charging ahead purely on emotion—the Okanaka brothers. The older brother, Hirokazu (Hitoshi Ozawa), and the younger, Ryuji (Yasukaze Motomiya), shared the same family crest, but if something rubbed them the wrong way, they wouldn’t hesitate to beat even their own allies half to death. One day, Ryuji causes trouble by wrecking a gambling den run by the Umeda-gumi, leaving him with no place left in Kansai. Hirokazu takes responsibility for the incident and leaves the yakuza world, becoming a civilian… but fate is far from done with the brothers.

While Hirokazu (Hitoshi Ozawa) has retired from the yakuza life and Ryuji (Yasukaze Motomiya) is serving time in prison, the Miyachi-gumi—where Ryuji once belonged—falls apart. After his release, a boss who leads a fiercely militant faction of the Yamaga-gumi approaches Ryuji. Tasked with putting his life on the line for the Yamaga-gumi’s expansion into Tokyo, Ryuji throws himself into the fight once more. But true to form, his reckless, headlong style only leads him further downhill. Unable to watch any longer, Hirokazu makes a decision—to step back onto the path of blood and violence once again, solely to support his younger brother.