During a fierce hurricane in Edo, three escaped prisoners, Katame, Mamushi and Yota, request shelter in a family's home. After eating and drinking their fill, they kill the father, rape the daughter, then kill her and her child. The next morning, Midori's father, chief Saheiji, wants Ichi to investigate the murders. They soon learn that three convicts escaped the night before. The convicts go to Hell's Island, a scoundrel's hamlet near the Ishikawa labour camp where they are well known. Katame bloodily reasserts his authority. They even kill Sabu's bounty hunter friend Senkichi who tracked them down alone...