When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight by a notorious killer named Gin of Colt, he is employed as a bodyguard by Yo Sangen, chief of a narcotics smuggling ring.

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?

男主角园田是个读过大学的知青导演，一心想改革戏班，试演新戏，红裤子出身千鸟师姐和千草师妹都爱慕这个带点忧郁的文艺青年。园田也钟情千鸟师姐，可是师姐已有了丈夫，而且正是剧团中的正印小生。师姐就一心想把师妹推给园田，希望他能把带着师妹，离开这个容不下高雅艺术的庶民剧团。错乱的感情、刹时的情欲，最终以生活的出路来摆平。低下层的人生就像帐蓬剧团，哪里有生计机会就跑到哪里，虾碌甩漏大混乱过后，人还是要吃饭穿衣，继续踏上征途，走向不可知的未来。