Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.

具有野心的天才外科医生财前五郎，为往上爬而不择手段把救人摆第二，站在对立面的是一位为了理念不顾一切的内科医生里见修二，故事藉由两位主要角色的价值观与生命态度的对照，描绘出医院内部的实态与斗争。

Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumored to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier after killing the number two of gangland boss, Yuan. Yuan wants to get even and attempts to do so by using Kenichi.