Shunpei is a violent man, working at the fish factory in Osaka. When he is
off, he drinks and is continuously consumed by hate. When the factory
closes, he becomes a loan shark. That is the simple characteristic of the
main character, to be played by Kitano Takeshi. Based upon one of the
biggest bestsellers in Korea - the Yamamoto-Syugoro prize winning
novel "Chi no Hone" by Yang Sogiru (Sogil Yan) - the film tells the story the
story about Yang Sogiru's father, Shunpei, who was amongst the first
generation Koreans to live in Japan.