Sang-hui和Yu-na都是一家夜总会的舞女，她们成为了生死与共的好友。这时，出现了一个男人，他与Yu-na是天生的一对，但是在他的心中却迟迟忘不了自己以前的恋人。为了得到幸福，Sang-hui和Yu-na决定一路追杀并最后铲除情敌...

尕玉（张磊 饰）本来是个警察，为了调查藏羚羊猎杀状况，他假扮记者身份，随考察团来到可可西里——那里气候寒冷、空气稀薄，含氧量极低。就在这个人类生存的“禁区”，尕玉目睹了一幕幕人性的贪婪以及人类与环境的狂暴冲突。首先是藏羚羊保护站的巡山队员被盗猎人枪杀，接下来他们见到了悲惨的一幕：盗猎者逃走，只留下众多只剩嶙峋白骨的藏羚羊。巡山队员在恶劣的环境中追捕凶手，最终只夺回了一部份的藏羚羊皮毛。一方面要与恶劣的自然环境抗争、另一方面还要与凶残的盗猎者周旋，巡山队员和尕玉面临着生死考验。

昭和四十六年，从女婿医院病愈归来的佐仓一诚（佐分利信 饰）受到组内热烈欢迎。此时中岛组拥有团体400多个、成员一万多人，号称日本第一黑帮。佐仓之女婿一宫恭夫（高桥悦史 饰）和少壮派代表松枝四郎（松方弘树 饰）更成为其得力干将。为进军关东，中岛组成立“樱花商事”以取得“日本船运”的控股权。东京的黑社会组织松风会与关东同盟联合对抗中岛组的入侵。关东同盟会长大山规久夫（内山朝雄 饰）与后藤通产大臣（滨田寅彦 饰）勾结，将中岛组认购的股票强行赎回，此举引发两派大规模抗争。另一方面，松枝替代辰巳成为中岛组新任年轻领导人，他与助手天坊信助（菅原文太 饰）合作围猎关东同盟•真光会会长大石刚介（三船敏郎 饰），但却引发中岛组新一轮的震荡……

Charged with leading demonstrations for the democratization movement, student activist Kim Gi-young (Moon Sung-keun) is a fugitive from the law. He sneaks into a mining village on the verge of being shut down, with a fake ID in hand. Feeling frustrated with the current state of activism, which centers around the intelligentsia, he gets a job as a man-of-all-work at a coal factory and meets the motley inhabitants of the mining village. Dae-sik (Yang Jin-yeong) works to support his family in place of his father, who is in prison for instigating a strike. Detective Kang (Lee Su-chan) always keeps a sharp eye on everything that goes on in the village. Then there are strike organizer Cheon Do-seong (Kang Neung-won), fellow worker Jeong (Hwang Hae), Taek's mother (Kim Kyung-ran), and Sun's mother (Jo Ju-mi). Sung-cheol (Park Joong-hoon), whose father is a local bigshot and the owner of the coal factory, lords it over the neighborhood bars and cafes. Angry at his father (Park Kyu-chae) for leaving his mother and marrying another woman, Sung-cheol vents his resentment on the cafe girls and factory workers. Meanwhile, Young-sook (Shim Hye-jin), who works as a prostitute at the local cafe, is becoming fed up with Sung-cheol's violent and demeaning treatment of her. When she meets Gi-young, who is reserved but warm, she begins to have feelings for him and stops selling sexual favors. As the impending miners' strike darkens the horizon, Gi-young and Young-sook fall in love and enjoy each other's company. Then one day, Sung-cheol receives news of his mother's death and wreaks havoc at the cafe. When Young-sook refuses to satisfy his demands, he starts to beat her up. Gi-young tries to stop him, but his intervention brings him to the attention of Detective Kang and he is hauled off to the police station. Gi-young undergoes torture at the hands of the police, but he is eventually cleared of all charges and released. When he finally comes to through Young-sook's devoted care, he tells her that he is a wanted fugitive. His identity is soon exposed and he is forced to run once more. Young-sook decides to leave the village with him, and heads to the cafefor her things. While making her last coffee delivery, Young-sook runs into Sung-cheol, who tries to stop her from leaving. She ends up killing him, and is dragged off by the police as Gi-young waits for her at the train station.