In 1936, under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Shozaburo Oshima is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has refused to follow in the footsteps of his gambler father and decided to become a doctor. Ryuji leaves home to work at a clinic at a dam construction site where he finds the treatment of the laborers intolerable. But when he challenges the boss, who thinks nothing of murder, he discovers to his astonishment that he is safe because of his father's reputation. Torn between filial piety and his ideals, Ryuji is told of the murder of his father by men of a rival gang. He experiences another shock when informed that the woman behind the rival gang is his true mother who was forced to leave his father due to an unwritten code among gamblers.
高橋英樹
as Ryuji Oshima
和泉雅子
as Haruko
石山健二郎
as Shozaburo Oshima
名古屋章
as Saiga
轟夕起子
as Kiyo Murata
小池朝雄
as Tatsu
近藤宏
as Yuzo
大坂志郎
as Kanzo
木島一郎
as Matsukawa
木浦佑三
as Kudo
富田仲次郎
as Nishino
井上昭文
as Mukaino
