A Japanese man named Miyahara gathers together a group of people of various nationalities with stains on their records to plan an attack on a U.S. military cash transport truck.

In a Kuradashi interview shortly before his death, Fukasaku said, "Bakunou no Rakuyakan is a story about a greedy protagonist played by Tetsuro Tamba who attacks a U.S. cash transport truck along with an American, a Korean, a black soldier, and a mixed-race girl.

established Fukasaku's pattern for contemporary action and crime dramas inspired by the French New Wave and American noir, featuring realistic portrayals of violence and often set in chaotic, working-class milieux.

"[8] In a review for The Austin Chronicle, Marjorie Baumgarten wrote, "One of Fukasaku's first yakuza films to earn critical praise, High Noon for Gangsters is the unsentimental story of three brothers – one a lone wolf and the other two in gangs – who plot against each other.

"[9] Kimihiko Kamata of eiganokuni.com wrote, "The first half of the film spends more time depicting the tensions in the interpersonal relationships of the mixed team than preparing the attack plan, but it does not have the depth of Odds Against Tomorrow (1959, directed by Robert Wise).