柳生一族贼心不死，沿途派遣数队刺客截杀拜一刀父子，但最后悉数落败。 这一日父子俩投宿旅店，一名叫松女子跑来寻求帮助，拜一刀（若山富三郎 饰）手刃前来追赶之人。闻讯赶来的妓院老板酉藏（浜木锦子 饰）索人，拜一刀拒绝，并甘愿替女孩受罚。严刑拷打并未使拜一刀屈服，反而使酉藏受到震撼。酉藏的主人三浦带刀（滨村纯 饰）因此拜托拜一刀刺杀其仇人猿渡玄蕃（山形勋 饰）。 另一方面，得知消息得猿渡召集数百人兵马围杀拜一刀父子，父子俩与猿渡的军团在地藏原展开殊死拚杀……
创作灵感来自真实事件，Hereward是一个生存在充满暴力、血腥和杀戮的世界的修道士。他的职责是护送Holy Gospel of Lindisfarne安全到达 Lona 修道院，而此时正有一名海盗堵截他。在他去往修道院的途中，他遇到了一位愿意用生命保护他护送这本书的顶尖剑客。在他们前行的道路上要面对的准 备杀死他们夺走那本书的海盗。
Gary Busey plays Buck, a former Vietnam veteran/ex-con recently released from the state prison. He returns to the small Midwest town where he grew up only to discover the place overrun by a large motorcycle gang bent on causing trouble. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his young daughter, Busey, with the help from a fellow Vietnam vet, as well as his former cell-mate, a drug kingpin living in Miami, Buck arms himself to the teeth and wages a war against the motorcyclists to destroy them once and for all.
