In the spirit world, Yakumo sees Sukeroku who asks him for money to move on to the afterlife. For a while they become young boys and then young men as they discuss the past. They also encounter Miyokichi who shares her thoughts with Yakumo. The three go to the rakugo theatre which recently burned down, now featuring previous generations of performers. Sukeroku performs a rakugo based on the expression, "Fires are the Edo city flower". Then Yakumo begins the rakugo "Jugemu", with Sukeroku, Miyokichi, Konatsu and Shinnosuke in the audience. At the end, Sukeroku farewells Yakumo across the Sanzu River and he crosses the river, he is surprised to find that the ferryman is Matsuda. At peace, he recites a poem as he drifts into the afterlife.