A small-time con artist gets word that his mother will come see him in Edo. To avoid her finding out that he's been wildly exaggerating his success, he enlists his buddies in a wild scheme to impersonate a samurai lord.

怒涛北九州は真っ二つ！任侠に生きる者、任侠に背く者ドスの狂乱くぐって豪華スター対決！アクションと一筋の恋を精悍に描いた英才山下耕作監督の傑作！怒号するドスの波、風雲の北九州に男と女の激情がほとばしる！火野葦平の名作「花と龍」をもとに、玉井金五郎と女刺青師・蝶々牡丹のお京の波乱に富んだ交流を力強く、そして美しく描き上げた…