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Commentary: Kazuya Shiraishi, director of "Kyoaku" and other films, takes the helm to adapt Yuzuki Yuko's novel. Set in Hiroshima Prefecture before the enactment of the Anti-Boryokudan Law, this film depicts the battle between gangsters engaged in a fierce conflict and the detectives who pursue them. Koji Yakusho stars in the film, with Tori Matsuzaka, Yoko Maki, Kenichi Takito, Tomorowo Taguchi, Renji Ishibashi, and Yosuke Eguchi co-starring. Showa era men in action. Synopsis: In 1988, in Kurehara, Hiroshima, gangster organizations were dominating the town, and the new power, the "Kakomura-gumi," affiliated with the huge Hiroshima organization Gogo-kai, and the local "Otani-gumi" were glaring at each other. One day, an employee of a company affiliated with Kakomura-gumi goes missing. Sergeant Shogo Ogami (Hiroshi Yakusho), a veteran detective and head of the Second Criminal Investigation Division, senses a murder case and begins an investigation with rookie officer Shuichi Hioka (Tori Matsuzaka).