A low-dark Edo slum where the sun does not shine. Like a dirty and rotten honeycomb, there are people who have given up hope for life in the small cells.
Kisaburo, who is idle, "His Royal Highness" who tells people about the "scenery" of his family, Tatsu who sells wooden barrels, Taki who sells candy, a drunken actor, Ryuji, a casting shop who curses life all the time and shouts to cheer up, is in bed with him The great wife Asa, the prostitute obsessed with dreaming, the thief Sheji who fights at every turn, and others live in the shack here. Unlike the miserable life, the people here are happy and lazy.
One day, Jiaping, an old traveler, came here. He told Liu Ji's wife that there is "an happiness in the afterlife", and suggested that the alcoholic actor should go to a temple where he could get rid of "drinking poison". On the other hand, Sheji and the landlord's wife, Asan's sister, Kayo, were happily dating. Jiaping persuaded Sheji to leave here, but Sheji couldn't make up her mind. After learning of Sheji's thoughts, Ashan angrily beats Kadai, and the residents of the shack also rioted. In a panic, Sheji bumped into the landlord, Rokubei, and Rokubei died inexplicably. Seeing this, people said that Asan and Sheji murdered the Rokubei together and tied Sheji. Jiaping left in a commotion.
At night, it was raining heavily outside, and the shack was as usual, filled with the smell of alcohol and gambling. The drunkard died alone in the shack, and the gambler said angrily that it was a disappointment
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