暴力抗争下で、様々な境遇を生きる極道の妻たちの姿を描く。『週刊文春』に連載された家田荘子原作の同名ルポタージュの映画化で、脚本は「春の鐘」の高田宏治、監督は「十手舞」の五社英雄、撮影は同作の森田富士郎がそれぞれ担当。
While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse's gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but married to enemy yakuzas, will ultimately have to decide whose side they're on.
