Frank
Hello, this is Frank.
Let me share my thoughts on Seicho Matsumoto’s short story collection, by quoting the insightful commentary found at the end of the book. It’s one of those rare collections that gets under your skin — not with gore, but with psychological precision.
Hikosuke Uchibori believes he’s made it.
This line hooked me immediately.
Uchibori, once a tableware salesman, teams up with Takeharu Machida, a man he met while traveling, to rob a bank. With the stolen money, Uchibori starts a successful furniture business in Fukuoka. But success doesn’t come without shadows.
Haunted by the thought of Machida, now running a lacquerware shop in Utsunomiya, Uchibori hires someone to spy on him, posing as a journalist from an industry magazine.
Ironically, it’s this very action that begins Uchibori’s descent into psychological ruin. His fate now lies in Machida’s hands — Machida has the power to either tighten or loosen the noose.
Matsumoto masterfully captures the slow, suffocating collapse of Uchibori’s mind. It’s classic Seicho — no need for blood-soaked scenes or jump scares. Just the terrifying power of human psychology.
Take this brief exchange:
“Hey, you.”
“What?” he snaps.
“I made you tea.”
If we’ve already been shown this couple’s strained relationship, your mind instinctively jumps to: “(…Is there something in that tea?)”
That’s the genius of Seicho Matsumoto’s “The Accomplice”.
Absolutely recommended.
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