Ooka Shohei's bestselling novel has been made into a TV drama starring Wakayama Tomisaburo. This is the first in a series of "incidents" that would later be made into a series.

A 19-year-old factory worker stabs to death the bar owner, who is also his live-in partner's sister. The truth that the sisters had been fighting over him is revealed in court. This TV drama starring Wakayama Tomisaburo, based on Ooka Shohei's courtroom novel, was highly praised for its cutting into the dark side of modern society, and was later made into a series.