Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
Toshirō MifuneDetective Saburo Fujioka
Koji TsurutaTetsuo Maruyama
Yōko TsukasaSally
Yōsuke NatsukiOfficer Miake
Makoto SatouYata
Seizaburō KawazuKyuzaburo Oka
Jun TazakiOtokichi Kozuka
Akemi KitaMari
Mickey CurtisSugino
Akihiko HirataSusumu Tendo
Hideyo AmamotoIchino
Akira WakamatsuFutagawaHiroshi TakagiMita
Yutaka NakayamaTako
Ren YamamotoIwaimura
