Rakugo storyteller Gagaku (Somegoro Ichikawa) is popular, talented, and brilliant, but cannot write stories well. His easy-going brother Yuraku (Moro Morioka) notices Gagaku stealing his stories and becomes enraged. In a fight, Yuraku is killed with Gagaku fleeing and using a prepared alibi for Furuhata. However, the detective notices Gagaku's unnatural behavior on stage and discovers evidence linking him to the fratricide.
