Asami Mitsuhiko Series 17 (2002)

Reporter Asami Mitsuhiko visits Ogatsu Town in Akita Prefecture with his mother, Yukie, to research Ono no Komachi. The two enjoy the town’s famous Komachi Festival, but during the festivities, an elderly man dies from poisoning. Since the man dies clinging to a Komachi performer, Tamauri (Hara Sachie), local detective Yamane suspects that Tamauri might be involved. The next day, Mitsuhiko coincidentally meets Tamauri and invites her to visit the abandoned silver mine. While visiting the communal graveyard where miners and their families are buried, they encounter Hirota (Takahashi Masaya), who is paying his respects. Hirota, an art gallery owner, explains that he has come to honor the war dead buried there. Meanwhile, the police ruled the elderly man’s death at the Komachi Festival a suicide, closing their investigation. Sensing that political pressure influenced the authorities’ detached attitude, Mitsuhiko begins his own investigation. (Source: Japanese = TBS || Translation = kisskh) Edit Translation

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