★1973 電影旬報年度十大第七位 「日本激進主義三部曲」的第三部(第二部則是《英雄煉獄》),回溯1936年的失敗兵變「二二六事件」思想源頭,日本著名思想家北一輝與深受他影響的激進青年間的關係。刺客與烈士成就革命與改變,然而吉田喜重更在乎的卻是背後那股力量如何形成、是否經歷層層角力、算計和妥協,本片有著比史蒂芬史匹柏的《林肯》更強勁的逼人力道,比若松孝二的《三島由紀夫:殉日》更質樸純粹的美學形式,堪稱吉田喜重集其大成之作。Ikka Kita is a revolutionary, who suffers when he is brought his younger brother's clothes, still smeared with his blood. Ikka's brother followed the revoltionary's precept and acted, attempting on the life of a finantial group manager and then, unable to escape, killing himself. Now, Ikka is more determined than ever to take his own teachings to the ultimate end, the «coup d'etat».