one day during work, a young man named masahiko taniguchi (keiji sada) approaches hirayama to ask for the hand of his elder daughter, setsuko (ineko arima). hirayama is extremely unhappy that his daughter has made wedding plans on her own. he confronts her at home and says that she must not go to work until she sees the folly of her ways. hirayama tries to find out more about taniguchi from his subordinate.