This drama is adapted from the comic book of the same name. In the first episode of the TV series, “Hokkaido Tattooed Prisoner Battle”, the hunt for the tattooed prisoner with a code indicating the location of the gold nugget officially begins.The Nugget's journey enters a new phase as the prisoners' past and beliefs are revealed.
The three-way battle for the tattooed prisoners is also fierce among the powerful figures who appear one after another and various factions such as the 7th Division (including the Sugimoto group and Lieutenant Tsurumi).
Episode 1
Sugimoto (Kento Yamazaki), who survived the Russo-Japanese War and was known as “Immortal Sugimoto”, together with the Ainu girl Ashlipa (Anna Yamada), and Shiraishi (Yumamoto Yuma) who escaped from prison, hunted down the engravedA prison escapee is tattooed with a secret code showing the location of the gold nugget.
On the other hand, Tanigaki (Otani Ryohei) of the 7th Division led by Tsurumi (Tamaki Hiroshi) after being injured met Nibo Tetsuzo (Fujimoto Takahiro), known as the legendary bear hunter%, and followed him.The Hokkaido wolf tribe is thought to be extinct.
Episode 2
After receiving two bottles of tattooed human skin, Sugimoto and others headed to Otaru's herring fishery based on information about the next tattooed prisoner.After arriving at the fishing ground, Sugimoto, Asahi and Shiraishi started to look for the prisoner in two groups.
During the investigation, Sugimoto discovered the fisherman who fell into the sea and quickly tried to save him.Unexpectedly, the fisherman was the man she was looking for...Hijikata (Tatehiro) is also planning to collect tattoos.
Episode 3
Sugimoto and the others, who received Himami's tattoo, met the Ainu man Kiroranko (played by Hiroyuki Ikeuchi), an old friend of Asahi's father (played by Arata Iura).Kirorank seems to know the true identity of the prisoner “Noheibo” who attacked Ainu and took away the gold nugget...
At the same time, Ogata (Maeita Go Atsushi) and Nikaido (Shuntaro Giga) of the 7th Division came to Kotan where Tanigaki was recuperating.Why are they chasing me?Tanigaki sensed a dangerous aura.
Episode 4
Hijikata and Nagakura (Katsuki Kiba), who got the information about the tattooed prisoner, went to the Ibarado D Field controlled by the Nichi family and met an unexpected person.On the other hand, Asilipa and others, who decided to go to the prison to confirm the true identity of “Bald Man”, stopped by Sapporo to buy weapons on the way to their destination.
Sugimoto and others checked into the “Sapporo World Hotel” run by the famous proprietress Ienaga (Sakurai Yuki). At the same time, Ushiyama (Katsuya) who was with Hijikata also came to the same hotel.
Episode 5
On their way to Hidaka, Sugimoto and others met an Inca witch (Marijun Takahashi) who claimed to be an accurate fortune teller.Although Asiripa was wary, Shiraishi borrowed her ability to accurately tell fortunes and indulged in the casino for several days.
A few days later, as soon as they arrived in Rigao, they made a deal with a rancher and were entrusted with hunting the brown bear known as “Monster”.In the cabin tracking brown bears, they found suspicious men such as Wakayama (Shigawa Kiyohiko) and Nakazawa (Kimura Chiki)...
Episode 6
Sugimoto and others showed a book made of strange leather to Dan (Morry Robertson). They heard that there was a building of a dismissed man in Yubari, where someone had witnessed tattoos of human skin, so they started to look at it.Let’s go to Yubari together.
On the other hand, Tsurumi notices a suspicious person who stole a human body from a grave buried in a coal mine accident.After investigation, it was discovered that this person was Edo Kai (Furukawa Yuuki) who ran a taxidermy workshop in Yubari.Tsurumi was full of praise for Etobe's superb skills. He cleverly used words to close the distance with Etobe and made an unexpected request.
