In China, the poor worker Tietou repairs tractors and misses his
sweetheart Xiu Xiu, back in Japan, she having never sent any news to her
family or him. While illegally emigrating to Japan, Tietou loses his
Chinese documents and so cannot return to his country. He is welcomed by
his countrymen who lodge and work in Shinjuku where they also help him
to find illegal work. While running from a police raid through the
sewage system where Chinese are illegally working, Tietou saves
Inspector Kitano from drowning in the dirty water. Later, after an
incident with his cousin, Joe, and a Taiwan gang, Tietou saves the
powerful Yakuza boss Toshinari Eguchi. He is the husband of Xiu Xiu, who
is now called Yuko and are parents of a little daughter. The mobster
offers a dirty job to Tietou; in retribution, he promises to deliver the
quarter dominated by the Taiwan gang to him. Tietou becomes the boss of
the Chinese illegal immigrants. But his peaceful methods make him
unpopular and Tietou starts to lose control over his men which escalates
into a giant gang
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