Inspector Imanishi Investigates

In the wee hours of a 1960s Tokyo morning a dead body is found under the rails of a train and the victim's face is so badly damaged that police have a hard time figuring out the victim's identity. Only two clues surface: an old man overheard talking in a distinctive accent to a young man and the word kameda. Inspector Imanishi leaves his beloved bonsai and his haiku and goes off to investigate--and runs up against a blank wall. Months pass in fruitless questioning in following up leads until the case is closed unsolved. <p/> But Imanishi is dissatisfied and a series of coincidences lead him back to the case. Why did a young woman scatter pieces of white paper out of the window of a train? Why did a bar girl leave for home right after Imanishi spoke to her? Why did an actor on the verge of telling Imanishi something important drop dead of a heart attack? What can a group of nouveau young artists possibly have to do with the murder of a quiet and saintly provincial old ex-policemen? Inspector Imanishi investigates.