Yakumo was listening to Yotaro's rakugo on the porch with Konatsu when he suddenly found himself lost on a scaffolding of candles. There, he met the Second Generation Sukeroku once more, who told him that he had arrived at the Sanzu River. Sukeroku then guides him on a journey through the land of the dead. On the way, return to their childhoods and young adulthoods, talk to each other about Miyokichi and Konatsu, and look back on their lives as they were. And then Miyokichi appears...
小夏と縁側で与太郎のラジオを聴いていた八雲。不意に迷い込んだロウソクの並ぶ道で、二代目助六に再会する。そう、ここは三途の川。助六に案内されながら、冥途を目指すことになったのだ。道中、軽口を叩き合いながら、子どもの時分に戻ったり、若き菊比古と助六に戻ったり。みよ吉や小夏のことを互いに述懐しながら、それぞれの人生と向き合っていく。すると今度は、みよ吉が現れて……。
Après de longues années de séparation, Yakumo retrouve son vieil ami Shin dans l’au-delà...
