A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator and is determined to be successful despite mining being a predominately male domain. Overcoming the natural hardships, a more serious threat to Tei and her mine, the menacing presence of rival mining gangs who sense her vulnerability... Nihon jokyo-den:ketto midarw-bana is an outstanding drama, highlighted by wonderful characterizations/performances. Yamashita's excellent direction maintains a rich emotional flow from the opening seconds to the last. Intense and bloody encounters punctuate throughout the engaging multi layered tale!

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang. He insists that he is not Kunisada, as the word is Kunisada has been executed, but of course the audience know better. Sonny Chiba plays an unusual supporting role as a helpless young man unable to defend himself from the gangsters. He does, however, get to play taiko drums and dance with Junko Fuji (who makes her film debut here). Chiba's father, an old judge who helps Kunisada, is played by Takashi Shimura. The film hardly anything exceptional, but it's a pretty decent jidai geki / yakuza drama.

昭和22年，经历了一年半牢狱之灾的末广胜治（高倉健 饰）重获自由，却因惩治恶人而酿成故意伤害罪，重返网走监狱。山崎（田中邦衛 饰）等当年的狱友见到胜治喜出望外，再次尊其为大哥。是时，犯人中熊泽（山本麟一 饰）势力强大，他与高野（今井健二 饰）等恶德狱警沆瀣一气，相互勾结，垄断监狱的物资，更有一众打手为其卖命。年轻的囚徒木村（初井言栄 饰）在胜治的帮助下决定重新做人，却因偶然听到熊泽与高野的阴谋而惨遭杀害。事后，监狱方裁定木村死于事故，这引起犯人们的愤怒，一场大暴乱无法避免……
本片为“网走番外地系列”第17部作品。

A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.