Living in poor neighborhoods of Osaka, Kumada watch over his wife and two young children. He is huge and riddled with scars and he works... more>> hard, smokes and drinks of sake as if it were mere water, gruff and scary, he talks little. But Kumada deeply loves his family and will protect it at the peril of his life when members of a yakuza clan set on fire to his house to facilitate a real estate transaction. Jailed for the murder of those who failed to burn his people alive, Kumada was released fifteen years later and found his family. He will have to face the distrust of his children who know nothing of their father except that he had abandoned them. But he is determined to regain control of their education, starting with his son, a urchin abused by the tough guys of the district. <<less

Osaka, 1955, in the town of Tsuten-Kaku.... more>>

She left that stale life from her drunken husband, alone that night with her son. Looking for a new path without knowing how life will turn out to be. Her son was her last hope, there was nothing left behind.

Her struggle will determine what kind of life her son will achieve, but nothing shapes the world better than a mother's determination and love. There was nothing she couldn't achieve. If you're looking for a story about a strong hero fighting against all odds. You'll look no further, and won't find anything like it thereafter. <<less