晩秋の夜、とあるごろつきが殺された。殺したのは名主の手下で、嫁入りする娘が、実は子のない名主が女房と組んで女中に生ませた子だったのだ。その秘密を知るごろつきと勘違いし殺害。手籠にされた女中の恋人の下男に頼まれた本物のごろつきは、祝言直前の娘を誘拐し真実を暴露する…。
On an autumn night, a lowly thug is murdered by a village headman's servant, mistaken for someone who knew a terrible secret: the headman's childless wife had conspired with a maid to bear him a daughter. The servant seeks to protect this dark truth but sparks a chain of tragedy. Monjiro becomes entangled when the maid’s true lover seeks to reveal the truth on the eve of the daughter’s wedding.
