Because he had to break his own clan rules Ryuji resigns as leader and retreats to a monastery for some self-examination. While he's away the clan, along with his mother's group, clash with the rest of the Yakuza mobs who want to rig bidding for a civic construction job and that ultimately forces Ryuji back into the game.

It's a bit of a slow, but not boring build up to the big finale but the journey is generally worth it. Fight sequences are pretty good, or at least up to the basics for the genre. It's not going to win any awards but there are worse ways to spend an hour and a half and it does merit some favor for fans of these sorts of films.