Shinji Takano

During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.

An alienated young man flirts with extremism during a major student protest.

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajiro falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a campaign to take over Tokyo's drug, prostitution, and gambling rackets.