The film revolves around a doctor and gang member who live in a rundown Japanese town. 구로사와와 우에쿠사 감독은 처음에 의사가 너무 완벽해서 영화 시나리오를 쓰는 데 어려움을 겪었습니다. When they came up with the idea for the doctor to be an alcoholic, suddently the story began to flow.