座頭市は一の宮で、町の人々を苦しめている板鼻権造一家を叩きつぶし、浪人・黒部玄八郎と剣を合わせる。第1作の平手造酒役で名演技をみせた天知茂が、黒部玄八郎役で再び座頭市と対決。
Danny Haley's bookie operation is shut down, so he and his pals need money; when Danny meets Arthur Winant, a sucker from out of town, he decoys him into a series of poker games where eventually Winant loses $5000 that isn't his...then hangs himself. But it seems Winant had a shadowy, protective elder brother who believes in personal revenge. And each of the card players in turn feels a faceless doom inexorably closing in. Dark streets and sexy torch-singer Fran lend ambience.
