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Mizuguchi. When a stranger appears at the door, they hide the inspector in another room. The stranger turns out to be Koji, the mother's nephew. Koji confesses that he avenged the death of his mother after she had been mistreated by her employers and was himself badly hurt by a servant's gun. The three men confront each other, and all three end up dead. After disposing of the bodies, the women drink beer and sing the anthem of their village.
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