This film sets the stage and battle lines for the Battle for Hiroshima
Film follows the various proxy wars within the Yakuza system: the battle for Muraoka successor (Uchimoto vs Yamamori), the battle of Japan (Akashi clan vs Shinwa Group), Hamazaki clan vs Komori clan, and Yamamori vs Shozo for loyalty of Underbosses -------------------------------------------------------- Muraoka is on his death bed and the question arises who will be his next successor. Underboss Uchimoto is the best candidate, but his indecisiveness on clan decision's put the other bosses at unease. The three Muraoka Underbosses (Matsunaga, Eda, Takeda) decide to reach out to Mr. Yamamori to combine clans and revive the Muraoka clan.
Shozo is against the plan, but is currently re-indebted to Yamamori after he makes himself Shozo's guarantor to stay out of police trouble. To save his own neck, Shozo connects Uchimoto with the Akashi clan under blood oaths. Akashi is currently fighting for #1 gang in Japan along with the Shinwa Group, and the latest battle has taken stage in Hiroshima. Both clans are choosing battle lines among the gangs of Hiroshima for control of the West.
When Yamamori takes control of Muraoka clan, Uchimoto books it for the Akashi clan. Yamamori wants to go to war with Uchimoto for his alliance with Komori, a rival to their sworn brothers Hamazaki, but the Underbosses of Muraoka are against it. Yamamori then persuades the Underboss of Uchimoto, Hayakawa, to betray his boss and join his sides. Due to Yamamori's harassment towards Uchimoto, the Akashi clan steps in to mediate.
Yamamori convinces Takeda to help eliminate Shozo, and by joining forces with the Shinwa Group they'll take down Akashi and control Japan. After a failed attempt on Shozo's life, his henchmen take it upon themselves to kill Makihara. Meanwhile, Shozo makes a deal with Akashi to get rid of Yamamori in Hiroshima. He devises a plan with Elder Okubo to pull Yamamori out but the plan backfires once they both forge a Letter of Resignation for Shozo.
It ends with the Three Underbosses split between alliances, Akashi siding with Shozo, Hayakawa siding with Yamamori, and the Shinwa Group shooting up the Akashi Hiroshima Branch to kick off the Battle for Hiroshima. When some Yamamori thugs shoot up Shozo's henchmen funeral and drive over his tombstone, things get personal
Film follows the various proxy wars within the Yakuza system: the battle for Muraoka successor (Uchimoto vs Yamamori), the battle of Japan (Akashi clan vs Shinwa Group), Hamazaki clan vs Komori clan, and Yamamori vs Shozo for loyalty of Underbosses -------------------------------------------------------- Muraoka is on his death bed and the question arises who will be his next successor. Underboss Uchimoto is the best candidate, but his indecisiveness on clan decision's put the other bosses at unease. The three Muraoka Underbosses (Matsunaga, Eda, Takeda) decide to reach out to Mr. Yamamori to combine clans and revive the Muraoka clan.
Shozo is against the plan, but is currently re-indebted to Yamamori after he makes himself Shozo's guarantor to stay out of police trouble. To save his own neck, Shozo connects Uchimoto with the Akashi clan under blood oaths. Akashi is currently fighting for #1 gang in Japan along with the Shinwa Group, and the latest battle has taken stage in Hiroshima. Both clans are choosing battle lines among the gangs of Hiroshima for control of the West.
When Yamamori takes control of Muraoka clan, Uchimoto books it for the Akashi clan. Yamamori wants to go to war with Uchimoto for his alliance with Komori, a rival to their sworn brothers Hamazaki, but the Underbosses of Muraoka are against it. Yamamori then persuades the Underboss of Uchimoto, Hayakawa, to betray his boss and join his sides. Due to Yamamori's harassment towards Uchimoto, the Akashi clan steps in to mediate.
Yamamori convinces Takeda to help eliminate Shozo, and by joining forces with the Shinwa Group they'll take down Akashi and control Japan. After a failed attempt on Shozo's life, his henchmen take it upon themselves to kill Makihara. Meanwhile, Shozo makes a deal with Akashi to get rid of Yamamori in Hiroshima. He devises a plan with Elder Okubo to pull Yamamori out but the plan backfires once they both forge a Letter of Resignation for Shozo.
It ends with the Three Underbosses split between alliances, Akashi siding with Shozo, Hayakawa siding with Yamamori, and the Shinwa Group shooting up the Akashi Hiroshima Branch to kick off the Battle for Hiroshima. When some Yamamori thugs shoot up Shozo's henchmen funeral and drive over his tombstone, things get personal