The perpetrators of the incident were kumataro KIDO, a gambler living in the village, and his sworn young brother, Yagoro TANI, and it started from Kumataro's troubled relationship with a woman.
この事件の犯人は村民で博打打ちの城戸熊太郎と熊太郎の舎弟の谷弥五郎で、熊太郎の交際トラブルから始まった。