Synopsis
A series of suspicious deaths have occurred in a provincial town, where men who were junior high school teachers, bank employees, and city hall employees have allegedly "committed suicide" one after another, leaving behind large amounts of debt. A woman working in the nightlife industry named Misato Katayama is said to have had some connection with the men. Reporter Osamu Kijima travels to the area to do some research for a weekly magazine, but...
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