In the United States in the 1920s, a New York teenager nicknamed "Noodles" and a few friends of the same age met the clever and cunning Max. They began to engage in smuggling activities. Soon, the noodles killed and wounded people in a battle and was put in jail.
After several years, Hou Tiao was released from prison, and his friends at the time have become mature and robust young people. Under Max’s leadership, they resumed their old business and began a series of robbery, theft, and extortion activities. As the criminal activities continue to deepen, Max seems to be dazzled by the victory. However, the abolition of Prohibition made the smuggling business vanish overnight. In order to achieve the final goal in one step, Max even included the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States as a goal of action. Noodles who have been behind bars can't bear to watch their friends go to ruin, and secretly call the police, trying to force Max to stop. The police fought a fierce gun battle with Noodle's friends, and Max and others were all killed. Under extreme remorse and pain, the noodles left the place where they grew up, left the beloved girl, and left.
Decades later, the noodles that were almost dying out came back home, and it was accidentally discovered that everything in the past was carefully planned by Max. He used the noodles and the police to get rid of his partners. He escaped from his shell and swallowed the gang's huge sums of money. Faced with multiple accusations, Max begged Noodles to kill him, dreaming of redeeming his sins, escaped the trial of the law, and was rejected by Noodles. Max desperately jumped into the garbage shredder to commit suicide.
