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Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to reform their society.
Kaiji pagou todas as suas dívidas por navegar com sucesso através de jogos que desafiam a morte, um após o outro. Um ano depois, porém, ele está de volta na situação da dívida. Kaiji então ganha uma chance para livrar-se de sua dívida de 200 milhões de Yen, mas ele tem apenas 2 semanas.
Kaji então decide assumir a mãe de todas as máquinas de pachinko com o nome "O Pântano". O pagamento vencedor superior é mais de 1 bilhão de ienes. "O Pântano" é controlado por uma operação de casino ilegal chamado Teai. Enquanto isso, Seiya Ichizo, controla a máquina a partir de um local remoto para assegurar que a máquina nunca paga o jackpot. Kaiji recruta a ajuda de Yumi Ishida cujo pai foi morto por Teai, Kotaro Sakazaki um funcionário demitido de Teai e Yukio Tonegawa, que perdeu sua posição nas mãos de Teai. Todos eles se juntam a Kaiji para derrubar "O Pântano", mas suas vidas estão em jogo.
Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao himself turns part of the life of this former stray into an original story. Setsuko, who runs a grilled-squid shop in a fishing village at the foot of the Shirakami mountains, decides to take in a large dog with a long, unruly fur that has shown up in town. She names the dog Wasao and showers it with affection, but Wasao at that time doesn't take to Setsuko.
15-year-old Hatsuko (Higashi Ayu) lives with her elder brother in a humble town house. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother (Shioya Shun) left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends their meager house-keeping money on adult entertainment. Hatsuko, who is poor and has no friends, finds emotional support in Mishima (Sano Kazuma), a boy in her class, who helps her with her study to go to a high school together. However, Hatsuko's brother causes trouble at the factory and gets the sack. Hatsuko gives up her dream of going to high school. In spring, the modest relationship continues between Mishima, now a high school student, and Hatsuko who works at a biscuit factory. One day, Hatsuko's long-gone father reappears. In a drunken frenzy, he sets fire to the house to go and rejoin the mother, leaving Hatsuko without a place to live. Hatsuko leaves the town on her own, drawing strength from the promise of marriage with Mishima.
