Kokuho

Renowned kabuki actor Hanai Hanjiro II visits yakuza group Tachibana for a New Year gathering. During the gathering, Kikuo Tachibana, the son of the Tachibana group’s leader, performs an excerpt of the kabuki performance Barrier Gate with yakuza youth Tokuji. Kikuo’s onnagata performance impresses Hanjiro, who requests to speak to him after the performance. However, a rival yakuza group attacks, killing Kikuo’s father Gongōro as Hanjiro and Kikuo watch.