Ningen Kosaten 2 (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Like a small boat being swept away by the current of a river, life is tossed about by the waves of "fate. There are love and hatred, joy and sorrow, as people meet each other. This is a masterpiece of human drama that poignantly depicts the human condition. Synopsis: Gasoline is sprayed on a train near the end of the line, and the train is set on fire. However, the police are unable to find the culprit or even a clue. Detective Katada, one of the impatient investigators, focuses his attention on "Grandpa Manjoo," the only man who survived the incident. However, the man is like a cripple who has seen nothing, no matter what happens in front of his eyes, and no eyewitness testimony can be obtained. However, Katada investigates the reason why he is called "Grandpa Manjoo" and unravels the truth of the case from there ( ep.5 ). A young boy, Hajime, is working and is not allowed to go to school by his drunken father. One day, a new female teacher comes to his father to ask him to let Hajime come to school. However, the enraged father turns violent, and Hajime suffers a head injury. In his stupor, he clutches an axe in his hand. When he regained consciousness, he found his father dead, his head split open. However, the house, his father's body, and everything else were swept away by Typhoon Isewan. Years passed, and Hajime grew up under the protection of a female teacher and became a doctor. One day, however, he realizes that the white-boned corpse found during construction is his father's ( Episode 6 ). He brings his father's body to Hajime to see if the wound on the skull was made during his life or after his death, and he comes face to face with his father for the first time in 23 years. Indeed, the skull had a scar on its forehead from the wound he had inflicted at that time. The police report that the wound was caused by a postmortem injury, and just when everything seems to be over, the female teacher makes a shocking confession ( Ep. 7 ).

川の流れに押し流される小舟のように、「運命」というに波に翻弄される人生。そこには、人と人とが出会うがゆえの、愛や憎しみ、喜びや悲しみがある。そんな人間模様を痛切に描き出した人間ドラマの傑作版。 あらすじ 終電近い電車の中にガソリンが撒かれ、放火される事件が起きた。だが、警察は犯人どころか、手がかりさえつかむことができない。焦る捜査員の中で、片田刑事は、この事件で唯ひとり生き残った男「マンジュウ爺さん」に注目する。しかしその男は、何が目の前で起きようと、何も見ていない廃人同様の人物で、目撃証言は得られない。だが片田は、彼が「マンジュウ爺さん」と呼ばれるに至った理由を探り、そこから事件の真相を解きほぐしていく(第5話)。▼少年はじめは、飲んだくれの父親に、学校へも行かせてもらえず、働いている。ある日、新任の女教師が、はじめを学校へ来させるように、父親に直談判にやってきた。だが、激怒した父は暴力に訴え、はじめは頭部に怪我を負ってしまう。そして、もうろうとする意識の中で、彼は手に斧を握りしめるのだった。意識を取り戻した時、父は頭を割られて死んでいた。だが、やってきた伊勢湾台風によって、家も、父の死体も、何もかもが押し流されていく。歳月が過ぎ、はじめは、女教師の保護のもと成長し、医者となっていた。だが、ある日、工事中に発見された白骨遺体が、父のものであることに気づく(第6話)。▼頭蓋骨の傷が生前についたものか、死後についたものかを確認するため、はじめのもとに父の遺体が運ばれた。23年ぶりの父との対面。確かに、頭蓋骨には、あの時彼がつけた傷が額に刻まれていた。死後の損傷によるものと警察に報告し、それですべてが終わったかのように思えたその時、女教師が衝撃的な告白をはじめる(第7話)。