The first in director Takashi Miike's (AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER) Black Society Trilogy, the story centers around two brothers on either side of the law in the midst of a gangland war to determine control of Tokyo's seedy Shinjuku district. Kiriya is a tough, Chinese born cop whose brutal tactics for keeping the peace do not preclude a strong relationship with his elderly parents, who never really adjusted to life in Japan. He struggles to keep his brother's occupation from them: Yoshihito is a lawyer who works for Wang, leader of the Chinese Triad gang and organ trafficking profiteer. Kiriya is increasingly drawn into the chaos as racial tensions mount between the Chinese gang and the Yakuza, and the action is characterized by the sadistic violence, gore, and dark humor that have become Miike's trademark.