Kunihiko Kenzaki of the Higuchi Gang is sent to kill Shirane Kozo and completes his mission without interference, leading him to suspect that the hit was set up from the inside.

Mr. Torii is named the new head of the Higuchi Gang and tells Kunihiko that they are accepting Tsuchiya's invitation back into the Yokomizo Family.

Reviewer AO of Empire magazine gave it 2 out of 5 stars, writing, "Though there are flashes of dark wit, punchy action, some well-judged flourishes and a sense of brooding fatalism, it all amounts to very little given the lack of story focus or sympathetic characters, with the one slightly touching (male) relationship truncated midway.

"[1] Reviewer Ross of the website hkcinema.co.uk called it "a solid genre piece offering a good deal of cunning manipulation alongside the gangland murders and will please both fans of yakuza pictures and Miike completists.

"[2] Rouven Linnarz of Asian Movie Pulse wrote, "While its dimensions, the number of characters and sub-plots, take away some of the tension and drama, you have to respect the vision behind the film, even though it may not be something you have not seen before.