Three years later, Toraji leaves prison to find that a lot has changed. He visits the rakugo hall and makes a heartbreaking discovery.
虎児(長瀬智也)が逮捕され､どん兵衛(西田敏行)は責任を取り落語芸能協会を脱会｡出所した虎児が寄席をのぞくと｢小虎｣として高座に上がるどん兵衛の姿があった｡
