Ms. Kinue Tabata has to cancel the reception for her wedding to Mr. Arakawa after Arakawa has to pay an old friend's large debt. Meanwhile, wealthy art collector Sataka sees one of a set of carved wooden three wise monkeys in a photo of a ceramic vase taken by Arakawa and owned by the notoriously difficult collector, Hoichi Matsumori.
借金の肩代わりに結婚資金を失った写真家・荒川に、美術品蒐集家・佐高が木彫りのきかザル入手の代理交渉を依頼。持ち主は荒川と親しいが一刻な松森。高額の成功報酬を約束され荒川は松森邸に足を運ぶが・・。
