It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) and Hokuriku Proxy War (1977). The film depicts the war between a storied yakuza killer (Hiroki Matsukata) and the largest organized crime group in the Kansai region, which plans to advance into the Kanto region.
Hiroki Matsukata
Jō Shishido
Atsuo Nakamura
Hiroyuki Nagato
Rumi Matsumoto
Kenichi Sakuragi
Asao Koike
Hiroshi Kondō
Kunio Naito
Masaru Shiga
Saburo Date
Aki Takejo
Hanako Tokachi
Ryō Nishida