Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and backstabbing are in play resulting in a bloodbath and a quest for revenge...
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Jinpachi Nezu Mieko Harada Ryudo Uzaki Shigeru Matsuzaki Guts Ishimatsu Moeko Ezawa Kyo Hanaki Masataka Iwao Ryuji Katagiri Mitsutaka Tachikawa Masaharu Arikawa Maki Tachibana Toshio Tomogane Shōji Ôki Toshiyuki Hosokawa Katsutoshi Akiyama Yoshinobu Hirose Ryōta Minowada Daisuke Awaji Yasuhiro Suzuki Hiroki Matsukata Kayo Matsuo Asao Koike Mikio Narita Nobuo Kaneko Tsutomu Yamazaki Shingo Yamashiro Hōsei Komatsu Shigeru Izumiya Kenichi Hagiwara Seizô Fukumoto Kyônosuke Murai Toshiyuki Sasaki Yûsuke Tsukasa Kenzô Katsuno Junichi Hosokawa Harumi Sone
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