Synopsis

The document Ookouchi seeks is not a land ownership certificate, but a black leather pocketbook—a ledger detailing his illicit affairs. Hitayoshi confesses the source of his subservience to Ookouchi: he unwittingly facilitated Ookouchi's criminal enterprises by enabling the illegal appropriation of goods and resources destined for Japan in the aftermath of the war. Ookouchi proposes a bargain: the pocketbook for the girl’s release, though a snare awaits them both, and the razing of the Kusunoki