In the wee hours of a 1960s Tokyo morning, a dead body is found under 
the rails of a train, and the victim's face is so badly damaged that 
police have a hard time figuring out the victim’s identity. Only two 
clues surface: an old man, overheard talking in a distinctive accent to a
 young man, and the word “kameda.” Inspector Imanishi leaves his beloved
 bonsai and his haiku and goes off to investigate—and runs up against a 
blank wall. Months pass in fruitless questioning, in following up leads,
 until the case is closed, unsolved.<br><br> But Imanishi is 
dissatisfied, and a series of coincidences lead him back to the case. 
Why did a young woman scatter pieces of white paper out of the window of
 a train? Why did a bar girl leave for home right after Imanishi spoke 
to her? Why did an actor, on the verge of telling Imanishi something 
important, drop dead of a heart attack? What can a group of nouveau 
young artists possibly have to do with the murder of a quiet and 
“saintly” provincial old ex-policemen? Inspector Imanishi investigates. 
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