"TOEI COMPANY PRESENTS" "1945." "For Hirono and a group ofyoung men who had returned from the war, violence was an outlet fortheir rage as they confronted the chaos of defeat." "With Yamamori as their leader, they formed a family in Kure City." "Through Yamamori's craftiness and Hirono and his men's reckless battles, the family achieved total control in Kure." "At the same time, internal frictions started in the family." "Yamamori's tricks made things worse, drawing underbosses into the conflict and leading many ofthem to theirdeath." "Even Hirono left the family and broke offwith him." "In Hiroshima City, the Muraoka family had acquired immense power." "Under Muraoka's leadership, a new,postwar generation ofviolence was nurtured." "In 1950, as the Korean War broke out..." "BATTLES WITHOUT HONORAND HUMANITY DEADLY FIGHT IN HIROSHIMA" "Original Story by KOICHI IIBOSHI" "Concept by GORO KUSAKABE Screenplay by KAZUO KASAHARA" "Cinematography by SADAJI YOSHIDA" "Lighting by HARUO NAKAYAMA Music by TOSHIAKI TSUSHIMA" "Cast:" "BUNTASUGAWARA" "SHINICHI CHIBA" "MEIKO KAJI" "SHINGO YAMASHIRO HIROSHI NAWA" "MIKIO NARITA, GIN MAEDA TOSHIE KIMURA,JUNKO MATSUDAIRA" "NOBUO KANEKO TATSUO ENDO,ASAO KOIKE" "KINYA KITAOJI" "Directed by KINJI FUKASAKU" "HIROSHIMA 1950" "Place your bets!" "Hurry up!" "SHOJI YAMANAKA FUTURE MEMBEROF MURAOKA FAMILY" "Teach him howto play." " Five hundred yen?" "We're ready." " Ready here too." "Game!" "Two." "What is that?" "It's a card." "Trick card!" "One of your pals sold itto me." "I ""halfwon," so I'lljusttake half!" "." "Bastard!" "Idiot!" "We'll killyou if you come here again." "Sit back down, everyone." "SHOJI YAMANAKA TWO YEARS IMPRISONMENT FORASSAULT" "Kenji Oda." "Taro Okamoto." "Shoji Yamanaka." "Do itover!" "Didn'tyou hearwhat I said?" "Showme your asshole!" "Hirono was" "SHOZO HIRONO FUTURE BOSS OF HIRONO FAMILY serving time in the same prison for killing a yakuza named Doi." "I'll kill 'em." "I'll kill 'em!" "It's a little burnt, butat least it's food." "Chew itwell.You need it." "Thanks." "MARCH 21, 1952 YAMANAKAWAS PAROLED" "Lady." "Would you..." "letme work here?" "We don't need a hand now." "Ask elsewhere." "I wanted to pay byworking." "I'm penniless." "Willyou take this instead?" "Afteryou've cleaned your plate?" "Go ahead, getout." "I'm no beggar." "Whata way to return my kindness!" "Yasuko, leave him to us." " Keep outof it!" "Fool!" "Don'tyou know she's Boss Muraoka's niece?" "Lousywatch!" "Why'd you do that?" "KATSUTOSHI OTOMO--FUTURE BOSS, GAMBLING BRANCH OF THE OTOMO FAMILY" "We belong to the Otomo family." "Step outside." "Bring him over here!" "You bastard!" "Drag him out here!" "That's enough, boys." "He's a decentcitizen." "Kill me." "If you don't, I'll kill all of you someday... because I'll neverforgetyourfaces!" "How dare you,you bastard!" "I'll killyou!" "Please stop!" "Outof myway!" "Stop!" " Letme go!" "It's the boss." "Katsutoshi." "Stupid old man!" "Let's go." "Him and his punks!" "Check on him." "Hurt bad?" "CHOJI OTOMO--CHAIRMAN, MERCHANT BRANCH OF THE OTOMO FAMILY" "TOSHIO KURAMITSU FUTURE SECOND CHAIRMAN" "KEISUKE NAKAHARA UNDERBOSS OF OTOMO FAMILY" "Mommy, can I go and play?" "Don't go too far." "You asked fortrouble." "Uncle Muraoka." "TSUNEO MURAOKA BOSS OF MURAOKA FAMILY" "HIROSHI MATSUNAGA, CAPTAIN OF YOUNGER MEMBERS OF MURAOKA FAMILY" "Otomo told me what happened." "Is this the guy?" "How is he?" "The doc says his temperature won't go down for a few days." "He has no family." "If you keep him here with you, it'll cause a scandal." "I'll send my men over to take him to my place." "MURAOKA FAMILY" "We're ready." " Ready here too." "Game!" "SHOZO EDA UNDERBOSS OF THE MURAOKA FAMILY" "Sake here, please!" "Let's go." "KUNIMATSU TAKANASHI MURAOKA'S SWORN BROTHER I'm glad you're better now." "Sit down." "Boss Muraoka is kind enough to be your legal guarantor." "Tell me." "You wantto join us?" "Or do you wantto be an uprightcitizen?" "Tell the truth." "I, uh..." "I gotto kill all the men who beatme atthe black market." "Letme join your ranks." "Please." "I like your spirit, butyou can'tfight withoutmy permission." "Takanashi here is my sworn brother." "Join his family temporarily." "Thank you foryour consideration." "Yourwatch." "I hearthey broke it." "Gotanother one?" " No." " I see." "Take it." "Be a man." "Lucky boy." "That's an expensive Swiss watch." "See how generous Boss Muraoka is?" "Here, bro." "Yasuko!" "Letme rest in the hotel." "I drank too much." "Good evening." "Thank you." "You better get home." "Your daughter'll be waiting." "Sometimes I wantto be alone,too." "I'll go home after a little nap." "Kiss me here." "I saved your life, didn't I?" "Don'tyou wantto?" "How dare you!" "Don't!" "Be careful, Miyo." "Go, Miyo!" "Mommy, come count!" "One...two...three!" "Bro!" "What is it?" "I'll tellyou later." "Don'tyou knowyour place?" "Yasuko's husband is aJapanese war hero, enshrined in Yasukuni." "Boss Muraoka found out and he's looking foryou with a sword." "Whata fool!" "Skip town before he finds you." "Take him to the station." "His letter." "Hurry orthe boss will splityou in two." "Hurry up!" "IIZUKA, KYUSHU" "Yamanaka became a guest ofthe Takehara family in Iizuka, Kyushu." "One year later..." "What does Boss Takehara want?" "He says he'll treatyou to lunch here." "Come in." "Wada, ofWada Construction, swore to team up with me, but he'd already teamed up with Itsuki." "I betthey'll attack us, boss." "But ifwe declare war on Wada, we'll have to fight Itsuki,too." "Forour honor," "I'm ready to die." "Sir, may I take you to your next destination?" "May I see Mr.Wada?" "That's me." "Who are you?" "The police nevercould prove Yamanaka was the murderer, but his name was whispered with respect among yakuza." "Soon, Muraoka forgave Yamanaka and let him formally join his family in Hiroshima, with Takanashi as his guardian," "and Tokimori," "KANICHI TOKIMORI Kageura's sworn brother, as observer." "And with Kageura," "TATSUJIRO KAGEURA the elder, as ceremony arranger." "Soon thereafter, an incident broke out that threw Hiroshima into strife." "The fuse was lit 1955 --HIROSHIMAVELODROME when security fora newly built bicycle racetrack, was contracted to the Muraoka family." "Who are you?" "Stop those bastards!" "Whatare you doing?" "Kill me." "With pleasure." "It's the police." "MAKOTO NANRYOZAKA HIROSHIMAOFFICIAL Drunks justthrewfirecrackers." "That's all." "Leave them to us." "Muraoka's men are here too!" "You did it before, didn'tyou?" "We did nothing!" "You think we're blind?" "We sawyou run away." "Stop it!" "What?" "Who is he?" "He's Otomo's son's no-good friend." "Otomo's?" "Katsutoshi." "What happened,Asano?" "They're blaming me." "They say I threwfirecrackers!" "Oh, I get it." "That's why you were kicked around?" "Who beatyou?" "I'll kill them." "What's that, asshole?" "Stop it." "Don'tcause any more trouble." "If you do itagain,we won'tallow the Otomo family atthe track." "Shut up." "What's this on your sleeve?" "Nothing would have happened if you had been on yourtoes." "Don't blame us." "So what?" "Blame yourselves." "Wait, Katsutoshi." "Muraoka is a director of the Bicycle Race Promotion Association." "You mustsave his face." "Is thatso?" "Howwillyou save ourfaces,then?" "Muraoka greased the palms of quite a few city assemblymen." "That's how he got his position as director." "He's notthe only yakuza in Hiroshima!" "Getoutof my face!" "What do you want?" "You think itover." "Many of my men make their living by betting on races." "Ifthey can'tmake their living, you won't be able to either." "Rememberthat." "I'll killyou!" "I asked you to guard the track to preventtrouble." "I regretmy decision." "Whatever Katsutoshi might have said, he's a punk who's turned his back on his father's business." "Just ignore him." "We'll increase the security detail." "EISUKE ISHIDA HIROSHIMA DEPUTYCHIEF Boss Muraoka." "I'm speaking to you now as police chief." "The age of violence is over." "How aboutmaking Mr. Otomo a director?" "I'll quit if he becomes one." "Muraoka and I have been sworn brothers since afterthe war." "We opened the black markettogether, but he quit and leftme to run italone." "Screwthe market!" "Soon rationing will be over, and we'll go outof business." "The racing business brings in one billion yen a year, and directors get 96 percentofthat." "They have lots of other sources of income,too." "Don't let Muraoka line his pockets." "He's a gambler." "Racing is gambling,too." "Amerchantmustn't get involved." "Gambler, indeed!" "The hotel Muraoka runs is a brothel." "The Muraoka family gets rich selling pussy." "Dad, merchantor gambler, don'twe all live to eat nice food and sleep with girls?" "We need money to do it." "What's wrong with trying to make money?" "Do you think you'll be able to beat up Muraoka's men?" "Shut up." "Scared ofthem?" "Whata yellow-belly!" "Why should we bowto them and die from hunger?" "Hiroshima doesn't need two yakuza families." "We've gotto kill them before they get rich and powerful." "Fool!" "It's no use talking to you." "Justone thing." "I'll let Kuramitsu be nextchairman ofthe Otomo family." "You aren'tmy son anymore." "All right." "What I want is Hiroshima." "Suityourfucking self!" "." "Place your bets." "Place your bets." "Stop it!" "Bastard!" "Matsunaga,what's the matter?" "You knowthe rules about gambling around here." "I'll letyou go this time." "Justclose this place up quietly and go." "What's wrong with a gambler in a gambling den?" "Who's the gambler?" "Pop." "Willyou come here?" "Mr.Tokimori." "Katsutoshi's going to be my successor." "Shut up and beat it." "He is?" "Does Boss Muraoka know aboutthis?" "Who does he think he is?" "Underworld king?" "Tell him I've been a gambler longerthan he has." "I'm going to be yourfellow gambler." "Let's be good friends." "The seven of us a are a kamikaze team." "We'll die together!" "What's yourtarget?" "This, of course." "Katsutoshi." "Sit down, pop." "We're in trouble." "What's wrong?" "It's an expulsion letterfrom Muraoka." "What?" "Muraoka's circulating it." "Kageura, my sworn brother has signed it,too." "We can't do business in Hiroshima anymore." "Whatare we gonna do?" "Katsutoshi!" "We'll expel them." "Are you a man orwhat?" "Sitstill!" "Again?" "Join us." "No." "Say yes or I'll expelyou." "You really have a bad habit of dragging everybody in." "Is Yamanaka in?" "I told him to clean the john." "Be patient." "Lousy priest!" "I'll shoot him to death." "Raid!" "Come out, Muraoka." "Stop!" "Let's go!" "Let's fight, Muraoka!" "Boss!" "Come outofthere!" "Getoutofthe way!" "Boss!" "Turn offthe light!" "Die, Muraoka!" "Upstairs!" "My gun!" "Letme have it." "Wait." "Run quick." "MARCH 16, 1955 THE FIRST BATTLE --2 DEAD, 8 INJURED" "KURE CITY" "Meanwhile, in Kure, after breaking offfrom Yamamori," "Hirono had formed his own small family." "KOICHI SHIMADA MEMBEROF HIRONO FAMILY" "How are you, Shozo?" "What is it?" "Would you do me a favor?" "Letourfriend staywith you." "Yourfriend?" "Who is it?" "You've heard what's going on in Hiroshima." "It's Tokimori." "He's seeking refuge from Muraoka." "He's my husband's old friend." "YOSHIO YAMAMORI BOSS OF YAMAMORI FAMILY IN KURE" "Yamamori's in trouble." "Muraoka is his friend,too." "Willyou shelterTokimori for a few days?" "Take the money as a reward." "Don'tyou need it?" "Mrs.Yamamori," "I broke offwith your husband." "Whatever happened, he still likes you in his heart." "He still hasn'tformally expelled you." "I've gotwork to do." "Shozo!" "We'll go to the butcher's for supper." "Gotenough money?" "Yes." "Dogs around here aren'twell-behaved." "They take us for dogcatchers." "Wait!" "I won't letyou getaway!" "You guys eat,too." "Oh, no,we bought itforyou." "Go ahead, eat." "The dog seems hungry,too." "Come here." "Here you go." "He won'ttouch it." "What kind of meat did you buy?" "I'm sorry." "It's to save money." "I'll cutoff my finger." "You shithead!" "I'll go see Yamamori." "Whata way to treatyour guest!" "This is a pigsty." "We have to guard the scrap metal." "Leave if you don't like it." "Willyou come, boss?" "Someone called Yamanaka is here." "Yamanaka?" "Where is he?" "Couldn't bring him here." "I took him to that diner." "I'll kill him." "Take him back to Yamamori's while I go talk to Yamanaka." "Who's yourvisitor?" "Just do as we tellyou and things will be fine." "Chill out." "It's been a long time." "Are you all right?" "I've heard a lotaboutyou." "I've been fortunate." "Ifthis is aboutTokimori, he's with me." "I see." "That's whatyou're here for, right?" "Yamamori asked me to help him." "Would you go back to Hiroshima?" "I won't getyou into trouble." "I'll wait until he's alone." "I see." "You can't go back to Hiroshima empty-handed?" "But I've gotto carry outmy duties." "It's notwise for us to fightoverTokimori here." "Let's do this." "I'll talk him into going back to Hiroshima." "Kill him there." "I'll callyou and letyou know where he's settled." "Mr. Muraoka was kind to me once." "I won'tfail him." "All right,then." "I'll be counting on you." "It's a deal." "I'll change clothes atmy girl's house, right nearby." "Katsutoshi's gota pawnshop up the road." "Go ahead and waitforme there." "I'll wait here." "Don'tworry, go ahead." "Go." "PAWN SHOP" "Where you goin'?" "To piss." "Acall foryou from Mr.Yamamori in Kure." "Hello?" "This is Hirono." "Tokimori told me." "Whatscheme made you get him outof Kure withouttelling me?" "What did Tokimori say?" "You plan to let Yamanaka kill Tokimori, don'tyou?" "Fool!" "Tokimori knew you two had been friends since you were in prison." "Yamanaka would never have left Kure without making a deal with you." "I'm atthe Muraoka family's." "Tokimori wants me to apologize to Muraoka for him." "Stop Katsutoshi from coming to Hiroshima somehow." "Remember I paid you." "I don'tcare if you make a name foryourself in Hiroshima." "Katsutoshi will find out whatyou're doing." "It's gonna rain blood in Kure." "To prevent it, I planned to sacrifice only Tokimori." "You two-timer!" "You Kure yakuza sure are clever!" "What is it?" "Cheat!" "I tapped the phone." "Double-crosser!" "Give me a gun!" "Don't." "I said give me a gun!" "Go quick." "Idiot!" "Forward!" "You assholes!" "Wait!" "Stop the car!" "Stop." "Your shoes!" "Thatfucking Tokimori!" "Gota gun?" "I'll kill him." "Mr.Tokimori." "It's me, Hirono." "Everything's all settled." "I'll put Mr.Yamamori's note underthe door." "Please read it." "MARCH 23, 1955 KANICHI TOKIMORI DIED" "Hello." "We were worried aboutyou." "Thanks." "How are you?" "I heard all about it." "I'm glad you're safe." "Sit down." "Boss Muraoka, Ijust killed Tokimori myself." "Leave us now,willyou?" "I had to do itformy honor." "I'm ready to pay for it in anyway." "When I was trying to settle it peacefully!" "You messed it up." "Katsutoshi's gonna be furious!" "What'llyou do then?" "Take it back." "You confuse moneywith honor!" "Mr.Yamamori!" "Don't blame him." "Nothing can bring back Tokimori." "Hirono," "I'm glad you told me." "We'll take care of ourfight here." "Make someone give himself up forthe murder." "I've assigned itto one of my men." "I see." "Have a drink." "Thank you." "KOICHI SHIMADA 12 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER" "Muraoka, seeing that Katsutoshi Otomo had lost his last influential friend, proposed that his mediator, the elder Kageura, hold a reconciliation ceremony." "Muraoka stipulated that he would give part ofhis interest in the track to Otomo's 2nd Chairman, Kuramitsu, but that in exchange, Katsutoshi must disband his family." "Afteraccepting the proposal," "Katsutoshi had to escape from a police chase." "But he didn't give up the idea of realizing his ambition." "Thank you very much." "You must be tired." "How about going to Tokyo to have fun?" "No,thank you." "I like Hiroshima." "I see." "Have you seen Yasuko since you've been back?" "No." "Noteven once." "Is thatso?" "Good evening." "I invited him here,Yasuko." "Come in." "Uncle." "Have a long talk aboutyourfuture." "I've looked after her like my own daughter." "Make her happy." "I'm sorry I didn'teven letyou knowmywhereabouts." "He was very angry and kicked me out." "Got kicked outofthe market,too." "So I became a geisha." "Boss!" "Don'tembarrass me." "She's so sweet." "I wish I could be herfather." "I feel the same way." "The problem is my husband's family." "They don'twantme remarrying." "His family?" "He died as a member ofthe Kamikaze Corps." "They think I'll disgrace his name if I remarry, unless I marry his brother." "I don't like him." "That's why I live here alone." "Marriage doesn'tmatter." "We love each other." "You have to honorthe memory of his death as a kamikaze." "I wanted to join the kamikaze,too." "Did you apply to join?" "No." "I was too young." "The boss wants me." "What is itatthis hour?" "I don't know." "That night, Terada and two men had gathered in their hideout under Katsutoshi's orders." "In accordance with their plan, they would take overthe Otomo family by killing Kuramitsu, its new chairman, and fiighting the Muraoka family again." "Who is it?" "I'm sorry to botheryou so late." "I'm your neighbor." "It's been a long time." "Say your prayers." "No!" "Please don't kill me!" "Yamanaka, please don't!" "APRIL 5, 1955 --THREE MEMBERS OF KATSUTOSHI'S FAMILY DIED" "Yamanaka!" "SHOJI YAMANAKA LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER" "Afterthwarting Katsutoshi's plan," "Muraoka practically took overthe Otomo family by making Kuramitsu his sworn brother." "Not only did he regain complete control overthe races, but his syndicate was like a kingdom reigning over Hiroshima." "But Katsutoshi took his revenge on Kageura, arbitratorofthe ceremony." "Die, Kageura!" "Move!" "Run,you idiot!" "APRIL 19, 1955 TATSUJIRO KAGEURA DIED" "MURDERON TRAIN" "MURDERERS SURRENDER" "MURDERERS' INTERVIEW" "Kageura, the arbitrator ofthe ceremony, was fawning over powerful Muraoka." "So we punished him according to the yakuza code." "Ryuichi Kamitani ofthe Otomo gambling family." "Seiji Kunisada, ofthe same family." "Whatare you going to do now?" "I gotthings to do yet." "To keep fighting?" "It isn'ta private fight." "In keeping with our duty as yakuza, we're fighting to keep out city assemblymen and policemen who have been bribed by Muraoka." "Isn'tmoneywhatyou want?" "Shut up." "Money can'tsettle this conflict." "Do you have the gun?" "I have it here." "Step up." "Strike a pose." "Better?" "Why are you here?" "Boring story." "My girl got involved with a man, so I slugged him." "I won't be in here long." "Has Muraoka come to see you since you got putaway?" "No." "I see." "Afteryou've been imprisoned for life risking your life for him?" "Why do you say that?" "I feel foryou." "Did you hear about Yasuko?" "Whatabout her?" "Nothing." "Nevermind." "Kunimatsu Takanashi." "Shoji Yamanaka." "Whatabout Yasuko?" "Muraoka's sending her back home to make hermarry her dead husband's brother." "What?" "She's fighting him on it, but he won't listen." "I hearthe day ofthe wedding has already been set." "How unreasonable you are, with the wedding date already set." "Go back to Uehara's atonce." "They're here to meetyou." "I'll live my own life." "You stay outof it!" "You idiot!" "Have you forgotten about Miyo?" "Think aboutyourfuture." "You told me to talk with him aboutourfuture." "Thatwas then." "When do you think he'll be getting out?" "He's got a life sentence." "You're going to wait that long?" "I will." "Idiot!" "i" "No girl can wait for her man for more than three years." "Believe me." "Besides,you have Miyo." "Ayakuza imprisoned for life!" "Can he be herfather?" "Forget Yamanaka." "He's as good as dead." "All right?" "What happened?" "Take him to the infirmary!" "Escaped?" "Yamanaka broke outof prison?" "He was spitting up blood, so they took him to the city hospital." "He escaped outa bathroom window." "You really knew nothing?" "We wouldn't lie to you." "Muraoka,the law is the law." "Don'ttry to shelter him, of all men, orwe'll have to search your place." "I wonderwhy he..." "Bring Yasuko back from Uehara's." "I'll explain to them later." "He escaped prison to see Yasuko." "Someone told him about her inside." "Welcome back." "Yamanaka's here, boss." "Yamanaka." "Idiot!" "What's the idea?" "You think you're safe here?" "You had a chance of being paroled after 20 years or so." "I thoughtyou were being a good prisoner." "Why did you go and escape?" "Was there someone otherthan me... you had to see foryourself?" "." "Boss." "Darling." "Shootme with this, boss." "I thoughtyou betrayed me." "I thoughtyou took her away from me." "Takanashi told me that." "So I came here to killyou." "Nowyou realize itwas a mistake?" "Kill me!" "I don't have to, nowthatyou knowthe truth." "Boss." "Willyou letme talk to him alone?" "Yamanaka, come with me." "Come now." "You were worried about Yasuko?" "You fool!" "You saw herforyourself." "Listen,Yamanaka." "Even if she were to remarry, you should be happy for her." "That's whattrue love is." "What do you think you can do for her in prison?" "You're just keeping herwaiting." "Among yakuza there's nothing worse than babysitting a woman who's waiting for herman." "You're so selfish!" "Besides,you suspected the boss over her." "Shame on you!" "Bro..." "I understand now." "Time to grow up a little." "Afteryou see Yasuko, go back to prison atonce." "Within 24 hours,you'll be forgiven." "Matsunaga." "I can't bearto live in prison any longer." "Letme fightand die." "I wantto kill Katsutoshi." "Please." "You're needed." "What is it?" "Katsutoshi caught Iwashita." "Katsutoshi?" "Did you fight?" "We ran across Katsutoshi and his men." " I ran away." " Idiot!" "Find Iwashita." "Take care of him." "Matsunaga." "How is Yamanaka?" "He wants us to let him do a job." "Yamanaka!" "Getover here." " Please stop!" "Where's Yamanaka hiding?" "I really don't know." "We'll lynch you instead of him." "Go ahead and talk!" "Water!" "Give me water." "I'll give you plenty ofwater." "Go on, drink." "Drink yourfill." "Ma." "This is an excellentchance fortarget practice." "Watch me now." "Nice shot!" "You're great." "You try." "Whatare you doing?" "Letme shoot." "Boss!" "Clumsy fool!" "Easy!" "They're here." "ANOTHER BLOODY INCIDENT IN HIROSHIMA" "The incident became a target of public outrage." "The police set up a command centerto investigate it." "Whatare you doing,you idiot?" "Hey, notso rough!" "MOTOMACHI IN HIROSHIMA AKA""THE A-BOMB SLUMS"" "It's time to attack the Muraokas." "They've weakened." "We betterwait." "Nabbed men will be paroled and getting outof jail then." "The directors are going to hold a meeting atthe track tomorrow." "Let's dynamite them." "Let's blow up Muraoka and his race track together!" "Good idea!" "Asano." "Get guns." "Come on." "Come, Nakahara!" "Let's make plans." "My gun!" "Nakahara!" "Kill him, Nakahara!" "Do something!" "Hold still!" "You're hurt bad." "You need a real doc." "We bettermake peace with the Muraoka family." "Why,you!" "Matsunaga is my friend." "Leave itto me." "I won't letyou lose face." "Tell Asano to do nothing till we come back." "Goddamn it!" "Stop the car." "They're with the Muraoka family." "Muraoka runs that joint." "I'll shootthem." "A little advance celebration." "Bullets!" "Keep the engine running!" "Come out." "Howmany are hurt?" "I'll take care of him." "I'm sorry." "Mr. Muraoka is busy." "Willyou come see him anothertime?" "I see." "I haven't been this exhausted from a fight before." "Tell Mr. Muraoka I'll come anytime he's free." "All right." "Where's Katsutoshi now?" "In the west." "Is thatso?" "I've called a car." "Thanks." "See you later." "Whatthe hell!" "Letme go!" "MAY 24, 1955 KEISUKE NAKAHARA DIED" "Letme go!" "Whatare you doing?" "Letme go!" "Dirty cops!" "Careful, he's gota gun!" "MAY 25, 1955 LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR KATSUTOSHI OTOMO Katsutoshi's arrest scattered the Otomo family and put an end to the rash of conflicts." "Afterall the Muraoka family's enemies had been defeated, the police became theirenemy." "Yamanaka shot Katsutoshi, didn't he?" "Don'tclaim you don't know!" "Capture him and ask him yourself." "We know nothing." "Liar!" "Muraoka." "The prefecture police have ordered us to shoot him." "Hand him overto us orwe'll have to hold you responsible and arrestyou." "How can you say that?" "Have you forgotten you asked formy help with the Koreans afterwe lostthe war?" "Times have changed." "Don't belittle the police." "It's been a while." "How have you been?" "I knew I needed to pay my respects to you." "Come in." "Welcome." "Letme in." "It's so big.What is it?" "It's my kamikaze plane." "Wow!" "Letme see it." "Stop it!" "Leave us alone." "Listen, you're wanted by the police." "You really shouldn't do this." "Hurry and go to Tokyo." "I'll ask my friend there to help you." "Mr. Muraoka will make the arrangements." "But I don'twantto leave Hiroshima." "Think of Yasuko,too." "Whereveryou are inJapan, you'll be happy if you're with her." "I can'ttake her and leave Boss Muraoka behind." "I made an awful mistake about him." "I have to make up for it." "Is there a Yamanaka here?" "What is it?" "Acall from Hiroshima." "Who is it?" "Mr. Muraoka." "You're in Kure?" "It's nothing special." "Takanashi gotoutof prison on parole today." "Takanashi?" "In prison, he told you about Yasuko." "Did you believe his words?" "Ormine?" "Think itover." "He's gota big mouth on him." "Where is he now?" "I understand." "What's the matter?" "Wait!" "MAY 29, 1955 KUNIMATSU TAKANASHI DIED" "Who is it?" "It's me." "What's the matter?" "Give me water." "What have you done?" "I killed Takanashi." "Takanashi?" "You idiot!" "In prison, he told the truth." "I sent her back to Uehara's." "And I brought her back in a hurry when you escaped prison." "Fool!" "Why didn'tyou kill me?" "Wait, I'll take you to a safe place." "Hey,you!" "Wait." "Hello?" "Anybody home?" "No one's here." "Let's go." "Attention, all residents." "An armed murderer is hiding in yourarea." "Vacate your homes and follow police instructions." "Evacuate immediately." "Make way, please!" "Watch your step!" "Quick!" "MURAOKA FAMILYOFFICES" "Yasuko,where are you going?" "Yasuko!" "You have to do something for him!" "Calm down." "We can do nothing now." "Go and help him!" "He did everything on your orders." "It's only right you take his place now, Uncle!" "Act like a man and give yourself up to the police." "Fool!" "Don't getexcited." "You won't help him either?" "You're part ofthe same family, aren'tyou?" "You've killed just like him." "You're no betterthan him." "You should give yourselves up!" "We can'tfind him." "Maybe he's run." "Idiot!" "Search all the houses again tillyou find him." "MAY 29, 1955 YAMANAKA KILLED HIMSELF" "JUNE 15, 1955 MEMORIAL SERVICE FORYAMANAKA" "Place your bets, please." "Here you are." "I was impressed with Yamanaka." "He killed himselfto avoid causing trouble forthe Muraoka family." "Muraoka really had a good man." "The police were glad there was no shooting." "He was a man among men." "Yamanaka's name is still whispered as a legendary Hiroshima yakuza." "But no one visits his grave now." "He wasn't the only one sacrificed in the escalation ofthe struggles among the yakuza of Hiroshima." "THE END"