[1][2][4] In 1947, two ex-convicts on parole murder pawnbroker Sasada and his family in Iwanai, Hokkaido island, take his money and set fire to the house to cover the tracks.
The murderers' dead bodies later wash up on the shore after the Tōya Maru ferry accident, but policeman Yumisaka becomes suspicious because they are not listed as passengers.
Inukai now lives as a respectable citizen in Maizuru under the name Tarumi, who received press coverage for donating money to reintegrate former criminals.
Yae's father tells Ajimura that ten years ago a policeman named Yumisaka had questioned him in search of a man whom his daughter had met.
In a series of interrogations, Inukai finally admits that he kept Sasada's money as a means to escape his life in poverty, but denies having been involved in the murders themselves.
[1] Production company and distributor Toei released a shortened version of the 183 minutes running film without Uchida's approval.