Shinjuku, 1979. Akutsu Jouji, a member of the Kaeda Yakuza gang, loses a brawl against a university cheering squad and begs for forgiveness through bitter tears. From that point on, nothing goes well in Jouji's life. Ten years later, in 1989, his friend is ordered to kill him. As Jouji runs away, he takes his own life, ending his miserable existence. However, when Jouji opens his eyes, he finds himself back in Shinjuku in 1979, at the fight with the university students that caused his life to go wrong. Now armed with ten additional years of memories and experience, Jouji repels the university students with spirit and wisdom. He now swears to wear a gold emblem around town and begins his life anew.