Hakushaku Fujin No Shozo (Tokuma Bunko)

[Machine Translation] A man and a woman jumped onto a train. Tamejiro Hirose, a newspaper reporter, smells a special story and heads for the scene. The newspaper's war for scoops heats up as the young wife of the venerable Countess Yoshimura and her chauffeur are caught in the act of committing suicide. Meanwhile, Hirose witnesses the decadence of the glamorous Countess's family and the society of the nobility as he continues his investigations. Based on a scandal that actually occurred during the Taisho era, this masterpiece depicts a tragic love affair that was tossed about by fate.

男と女が鉄道に飛びこんだ。心中か―新聞記者の広瀬為次郎は特ダネのにおいを嗅ぎつけ現場に向かった。由緒正しき芳村伯爵家の若夫人とお抱え運転手の情死行に新聞のスクープ合戦は過熱。一方、広瀬は取材を重ねるうちに華やかに見える伯爵家の実情と華族社会の頽廃を目の当たりにする...。大正時代、実際に起こったスキャンダルをもとに、運命に翻弄された悲恋の行方を描いた名作。