The Suns Burial 1960 In Osakas slum, youth without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood Alliances constantly shift Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shins gang Shins an upstart and moves his gang often to avoid the local kingpin Hanoko is a young woman with ambitions first shes in the blood business with her father, then she joins forces with Shin She soon breaks off that partnership, even though shes taken the sensitive Takeshi under her wing Double crosses multiply Those with the closest bonds become each others murderers