Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.
