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The Oriki-gumi’s quest for Owari unification is fractured by a bloody succession feud between Nobunaga (Hitoshi Ozawa) and his younger brother Nobuyuki (Masaki Nishimori). Nobuyuki’s reckless schemes invite full-scale invasion from Yoshimoto Imanishi’s Suruga forces, with Ieyasu Tokusawa (Yasukaze Motomiya) spearheading their advance into eastern Owari. The crisis drives boss Nobuhide Oriki (Tokuma Nishioka) into a fatal illness, leaving the family leaderless. The Oriki-gumi now faces not only an external war but also internal strife over succession. Across Owari, tensions flare. Nobunaga’s blood relative, Nobuyasu Iwasaki (HitomiMatsuda) of the Iwasaki-gumi, makes his move. Michizo Saimon (Shinzo Hotta) pushes his Saimon-gumi from neighboring Mino. And lurking in the shadows, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police plot the downfall of the yakuza world itself. Thus, the underworld descends deeper into its own warring-states era.

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With the death of Nobuhide Oriki (Tokuma Nishioka), a brutal succession battle erupts within the Oriki-gumi. By vote, Nobunaga (Hitoshi Ozawa) becomes second-generation boss, forcing his brother Nobuyuki into rebellion. In the bloody aftermath, Nobunaga kills both Nobuyuki and his relative Nobuyasu Iwasaki (Hitomi Matsuda). Tragedy deepens as his right-hand man Masahide Hirako (Jiro Okazaki) takes his own life, and his father-in-law Michizo Saimon (Shinzo Hotta) is assassinated in a coup. Now as boss, Nobunaga sets the underworld in motion once more: Ujiyasu Nanjo (Sansho Fukami) rises in Kanto, Motonari Mōriya (Shinichi Chiba) expands in Aki, and in Nagano the fated clash of Kenshin Uemura (Ryuji Harada) and Shingen Takebe (Shun Sugata) begins. But the greatest threat comes from Yoshimoto Imanishi (Naoya Makoto), leading the invasion of Owari. The “war of the elephant and the ant” is about to reach its endgame.

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The fall of Yoshimoto Imanishi spreads Nobunaga Oriki’s (Hitoshi Ozawa) reputation across Japan. In Omi, he forges a brotherhood oath with Nagamasa Asakawa (Daisuke Nagakura), further extending the Oriki-gumi’s influence. Alarmed, National Police Agency Director Ichijo (Masahiko Tsugawa) orders their destruction. Meanwhile, Ieyasu Tokusawa (Yasukaze Motomiya) abandons the Imanishi-gumi, declaring independence as the Tokusawa-gumi. Upon learning this, Nobunaga extends his hand, joining forces with Tokusawa in pursuit of nationwide unification. Elsewhere, Yoshiaki Ashitaga (Kazuyoshi Ozawa), ousted from the Murohachi Alliance, seeks to rebuild it, turning to Shingen Takebe (Shun Sugata) for aid—but is coldly passed around. And from Fukui, Mitsuhide Akashi (Mikio osawa) of the Amakura-gumi moves the pieces of the board, pulling the Oriki-gumi into the next great upheaval.

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