[1][2][3] Chiyo, a young country woman, moves to Tokyo, hoping that her friend Hisako, who allegedly works at a big company, will help her finding a job.
While studying the newspaper, she learns of the double suicide of a business man, who stole money from his company, and his hostess.
Hisako finds the idea of a double suicide of a loving couple romantic, but Chiyo disagrees.
Although happily making plans for the future, Chiyo is irritated by Ogawa's erratic behaviour whenever he sees the police.
Stopped by a police cordon, he drags Chiyo into the woods, confesses that he embezzled money from his company, and tries to talk her into committing suicide with him.