[Machine Translation] On New Year's Day, 1964, at a long-established ryotei restaurant "Hanamaru" in Nagasaki, amidst the shouts and screams of chivalrous men, an actor who would become a national treasure was born. His name was Kikuo Tachibana. Although born into a chivalrous family, Kikuo's unworldly good looks draw people into his life and take him to places he never thought possible. The story takes place from Nagasaki to Osaka and then to post-Olympic Tokyo. As Japan grows, men strive to hone their skills and master the art of karate. Deep family ties and friction, scandal and glory, multiple layers of trust and betrayal. What do they see when they reach the pinnacle of the entertainment world, having run through the transitional period of stage, film, and television, and having enjoyed numerous joys and despairs? This is the author's magnum opus, which has been a big hit since its serialization in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.