A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent antics get him in trouble with his own clan, Kawada, and then with the clan of his protector, Kozaburo Imai. In these years, he can rely on Chieko, a young Tokyo courtesan who gives him shelter. He's banished to Osaka, where he picks up a drug habit. Through it all, he keeps his friends and enemies off balance with unpredictable behavior - and he seems indestructible. 在毁灭中沉沦。【参考资料】人物原型-石川力夫年谱。狠角色。 自幼希望成为黑社会的石川力夫（渡哲也 饰）1940年加入河田组。石川为组织之壮大卖命打拼，但也因其狂暴激进的脾气而始终不得重用，心存愤懑。 战后，石川与在北海道狱中结识的好友今井幸三郎（梅宫辰夫 饰）向中国帮派发起进攻，战争中石川结识酒肆侍女地惠子（多岐川裕美 饰）。凭借警方纵容，今井接管中国人赌场，成立今井组。石川刺伤池袋亲和会成员，两派剑拔弩张，河田组长出钱请美国人干预摆平。不久石川因受训斥，炸毁河田组上层领导野津幸三郎（安藤升 饰）之坐驾，接二连三祸事令河田对石川大加挞伐。石川酒醉后刺伤组长，犯黑帮大忌，被黑社会逐出东京10年。于大阪染上毒瘾的石川一年后返回东京，受河田压力的今井与石川关系破裂，石川将枪口对准了昔日结拜兄弟的胸口……
