出雲直のオリジナル・シナリオを、「第三波止場の決闘」の佐伯幸三が監督したスリラー・コメディ。「噛みついた若旦那」の伊東英朗が撮影した。 Period comedy about an undertaker's assistant (Sakai), in love with the daughter (Kagawa) of a wealthy doctor (Yanagiya). When her father refuses to allow the young lovers to marry , and they attempt double suicide, Death (Arishima) comes to their rescue.