The plot of this film involves a hero who happens to come into town, approaches two groups in conflict with each other to deceive and finally annihilates both of them and walks away, and this kind of plot is seen in other Toho films, although each with varying details to some degree.
なお、「ある町にふらりと現れた主人公が、そこで対立する2つの組織に近づいて双方を欺き、最後には全滅させて去っていく」という、本作のようなアウトラインは、多少の違いはあるものの他の東宝映画にも見受けられる。