Yanaoka Kiyoshi’s (Yasuda Ken) young subordinate Kawato Hiroshi (Baba Toru) is killed in the line of duty when he gets involved in a couple’s dispute that escalated into bloodshed. Kawato risked his own life to protect the wife from her husband and his actions are praised by the public. However, Yanaoka feels something is wrong. Kawato is not the type to sacrifice his own life. Then he recalls the series of queer incidents since morning on that fateful day and the suspicious accident at a construction site near the police box.
若い巡査の殉職の謎
柳岡の若い部下・川藤が刃傷沙汰になった夫婦ゲンカに巻き込まれ殉職する。夫から身を呈して妻を守った川藤の行動は、世間から賞賛されたが、柳岡は違和感を覚えていた...