市川进是一个年迈的小说家，性情冷酷。由于出版商觉得他写的小说太过时，很长一段时间内，他的手稿都没有被采用。但他除了是小说家之外，还是一名传说中的静默杀手。然而事实是他从没有对任何一个人开枪，他所做的都是帮真正的杀手今西调查目标人物——而这也是来自他好友石田的委托。善恶终有报，当石田成为黑手党的目标后，市川意识到自己的生命也危在旦夕。

The shock of her fiance's sudden dissolution of their relationship causes university student, Miki, to lose her voice. While recuperating in a hospital in her hometown of Hakodate, she learns of the tragic life of her deceased mother, Kaoru, from her grandmother.

A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.