Gives us an order!

Team 2, stop him!

Here comes the barricade!

Don't stop him! Let him go!

Fucking idiot!

A male in custody!

LADY JOKER

LADY JOKER
Episode 5

Lady Joker has been caught!

O.k. Make sure you confirm it.

- Has the perpetrator been caught?
- It hasn't been confirmed, but...

a man who showed up to take delivery of the cash is now in custody.

Name is Sasaki Kotda. 25 years old.

He's being transported to the Oomori station, so send the suspect's photo over to Kagawa

- Yes sir
- Send people over to Hinode and Oomori station. - Yes sir!

Understood.

Thank you.

I just heard from my source.

- The suspect isn't the real perpetrator
- What?

He was just a stand-in hired by the perpetrator.

Stand-in?

Sasaki Kota that we arrested last night has no connection to Lady Joker

Last night around 9:05, Sasaki Kota was in the public parking lot.

He was making out with his girl friend Uchida Sanae, 23 when...

Don't make a noise

I'll let you go in 2 hours

Do as I say, and nobody gets hurt.

Shut up!

Get your legs up!

Follow the navigation

At the destination, you will see a white stationwagon

Get in the wagon, and drive straight.

Sasaki was worried about his girlfriend and was had no choice to but to follow their direction

As for Uchida Sanae, after she was held in a vehicle,

at around 10:30PM...

I'm letting you go.

Count slowly to 10, and take off the blindfold

After 10:42, Uchida Sanae asked for a help in Higashi Ookijima.

That's the summary of the kidnapping.

Neither Sasaki Kota nor Uchida Saeane has prior criminal record

Sasaki works at a civil engineering firm in Yokohama

Uchida works at a department store in Yokohama

According to Sasaki and Uchida's testimonies,

the perpetrators' descriptions are as follow:

Perp. A was holding the gun.

Age unknown, height about 180cm.

He was wearing black jacket and gloves

Perp. B

Age unknown, height above 170cm

with very nimble movement.

He was wearing black jacket and gloves

Perp. C

Judging by his voice, probably in his 20s or 30s

Height, around 180cm.

He was wearing black jacket, cargo pants, and black gloves

Perp. D

They were only able to see the perpetrator's back.

so no physical description. Everyone was wearing black.

That's it.

Perp. D = Handa

What happened last night was a complete fiasco!

You were ordered not to stop the stationwagon!

Was Team 4 not paying attention?

Koda!

I couldn't hear the order. I apologize.

Be careful next time!
Dismissed!

It's your guys who ultimately captured Sasaki Kota.

- Not me.
- I know that.

Since I got blamed for your screw-up,

answer this question for me:

Does No.13 Handa have an alibi for last night?

Do you know where he was between 9:05 and 9:28?

Was he even being monitored?

It's none of your business

Are you keeping tab on what Handa is up to?

I don't have to answer that.

Is that a yes or no?!

It's obvious that it's a "No"

The special investigation unit made a fool out of itself again.

What do you have to say to that?

Not only did you fail to monitor Handa, but you also covered up tonight's failure!

Tonight wasn't a failure!

But you're not denying you didn't monitor Handa.

I am not. Are you satisfied now?

How can I be satisfied?!

False arrest?

Even though you gave me the perpetrator's number,

we were not able to use it to make arrest.

I'm sorry.

But we will keep pursuing the perpetrator.

Ok.

What do you want to ask me?

I'll say it then.

Why are the perpetrators jumping through all these hoops?

Why did they take on the risk of kidnapping the couple?

I can only think of one reason.

It was done to make a statement.

The perpetrator wanted to thorougly embarass the police.

You mean the guy on that voice recording?

Yes

If that was his intent, I understand why he took on the risk to pull this off.

He wanted to send police on a wild-goose chase, and watch them fail.

Does he have grudge against the police?

I'm sure the grudge has been building up for years.

I can understand his feelings

What should we do with this?

Plastic is a combustible trash.

Police complete failure. Makes false arrest.

Send it to Tokorozawa, Minamichita 19-21
Green Heights 202 - Fujimi Store

Use 5 boxes labeled "Samples". Send them using quick service.

Upon receipt, we will make good on our promise.
Lady Joker

We will get it ready.

Wait.

What's the matter?

Nevermind. Please take care of it.

Do you think this will put an end to it?

Yes it will.

Thank you very much!

Fujimi Shop

Hello, this is Monoi.

2 billion...

we just got it.

Oh yeah?

What's happening?

Just picking up some files.

Mr. Go, you're in a good mood today!

Nah, I'm the same as usual.

Liar~ You look happier than usual

I know.

- Did you close a deal or something?
- Well, I guess so?

I have a list of names on my hand.

Have you heard about a group that manipulates stock price?

I did hear the rumor, but is it even possible?

I have plenty of evidence.

Okada Association and Sakada Yasukazu are involved too.

Sakada Yasukazu from democratic liberal party?

It's a sign that illicit money is flowing into politics.

I bet he made a bundle off of the Lady Joker case.

Interesting.

My colleague is doing some investigation now.

I'll keep you posted.

Dad hired an investigator to check his background

He told me to give up, because he is from Burakumin background.

If the media gets a hold of it,

the company will suffer...

Do you think it was the right decision to have made deals with the prepetrator?

Yes it was.

We did not have a choice.

Good evening

I'm Goda from Oomori station

Are you Mr. Sugihara?

- Ah, you're Mr. Shiroyama's bodyguard?
- Yes

I'm returning from a business trip and wanted to stop by Mr. Shiroyama's.

Something wrong?

No, just wondering if you're feeling ok.

There's a lot going on at work.

So I was just lost in thought.

Bye.

Are you going back home?

Yes

Shall I escort you to the station?

Oh no, I've had a lot to drink...

so I'm going to try to walk it off.

See you around.

Sender: Kurata Seigo
Title: re: the sample
The sample arrived safely at the Fujimi store.
- Kurata -

Hello, it's Goda.

It's Hirase

Hinode Beer's Sugihara Takeo jumped into train at Shingawa station.

He died instantly.

Come in

Mr. Goda.

The family just finished ID'ing the body and want to get out of here, but there's media crew outside.

Can you do something about it?

I've requested help from station, so please wait.

It's already been 30 minutes.

Umm..

while I was out patroling Sannou area around 10pm,

I saw Mr. Sugihara standing in front of Mr. Shiroyama's house.

When I talked to him,

he said he had just come out of the house, and walked away.

Can you verify if that is true?

Mr. Goda said he saw Sugihara outside your house 10PM and wanted to veriy if he had paid you a visit.

Sugihara didn't come into my house

How did my father look?

It looked like his heart appeared to be somewhere else.

He appeared to be in a daze.

I offered to escort him to the station,

but he said he wanted to sober up first.

I'm sorry I wasn't able to take care of him.

It's not your fault Mr. Goda.

It's my fault.

It's my fault.

It's my fault.

Did he leave a will?

We have not found one yet.

So the death of Mr. Hatano and his son was the reason why he killed himself?

Mr. Shirai, let's not talk about that now.

At least not tonight.

We have to prepare how we'll handle the media,

before they concoct ridiculous stories.

Anyway, we have to search Sugihara's house and office to see if he left behind a will

I know it's cruel to say this, but please ask for your sister's cooperation

Excuse me.

I'm so sorry. We'll be done soon.

Hinode Beer's director commits suicide. Stress related?

Hinode Beer's director commits suicide. Stress related?

All the papers say the same thing.

I wonder if it was really stress related?

I wonder...

- Here are your mails
- Thanks

Attention Toho Newspaper

Due to surrounding circumstance, we will now disppear.

Hinode Beer is now safe
- Lady Joker -

Boss

We got a letter from Lady Joker!

Check all our mails!

The fact that they're telling the media of their dissolution means they got the money they wanted.

Lady Joker Declares Dissolution

Looks like it.

So Hinode's stock price will recover.

Whoever bought Hinode stock during the scandal will make a lot of profit

I bet that group made a bundle.

I should've bought some too!

Did you find anything else?

I found something on DLP's Sakata and Okada Association.

How about our usual place at 9PM?

Ok

And I'm off to Seoul tomorrow

Seoul?

A speculator in Seoul is also part of this group.

So I'm going to check it out.

I also want to try some raw liver.

Must be nice being freelancer

I want to have some too

Well, I can't bring it back as gift

- Well, see you around
- O.k.

Bye

Lady Joker Declares Disoolution
Sends Letters To Media.

The phone number you're trying to reach is out of reach...

How about our usual place at 9PM?

I don't know how to explain to Yoshiko.

Even though my husband always told Yoshiko that the Hatano case was completely unrelated to the company's woes,

I don't think he really felt that way deep down inside.

So he felt he had lost his standing in the company...

Don't say that.

You can't jump to conclusion like that.

When Yoshiko's past came to light due to the Hinode Beer case,

it no longer was just a family problem to him.

He felt responsible for what happened to the company.

Even though he didn't cause the problem, he felt responsible for the massive loss the company suffered.

And he may have thought that killing himself was the only way to take responsibility.

I can't fathom why he had to make such decision.

He was never a strong person like you

That night, your Dad probably wanted to tell me something.

I should've realized sooner that something was weighing down on him heavily...

both as a president,

and as his brother-in-law.

Only if I'd been more supportive...

I'm sorry Yoshiko.

Dad felt really hurt.

Hurt?

It really pained him when Mr. Hatano and his son both killed themselves last year.

I also carry the same pain he did.

I understand what he must've gone through because we both felt the same pain.

I should have embraced his feelings more.

I wish I was more kind to him.

It's not your fault.

You can't blame yourself for this.

Yoshiko,

Let's stop talking about it.

We have to move on and live our life.

One small step at a time.

That's the only thing we can do.

Ok

It's been two months since the Hinode Beer incident.

- Kidnapping of Hinode Beer president

- Three failed cash exchanges
- Hinode Beer sabotage

- Obstruction of business
- Kidnapping of the couple

None of these incidents have yield any critical evidence, let alone arrest.

The perpetrators live in the Tokyo metropolitan area and are still at large.

Regardless of how much time it takes, we need to see this case through.

Until all the perpetrators are caught, you will not get any time off.

Dismissed!

Stand up!
Bow!

Excuse me

- Have a seat
- Yes sir.

Goda.

Do you think Hinode Beer and Lady Joker made backdoor deals?

Even though I can't confirm if such transactions took place,

I believe there was a reason to believe so.

Let me be blunt. I believe backdoor transactions took place.

Hinode Beer deceived us from beginning to end.

In other words, Hinode Beer was following Lady Joker's direction at all time.

They orchestrated this whole thing to hide the real transaction.

We have a whistleblower letter from Hinode supporting that to be the case as well.

So we need to ask you a few things.

Make sure you don't tell others about this.

Ok

First, the document you're holding was delivered to Shinagawa station between 1-6PM on Nov. 13.

It's the day after Sugihara Takeo committed suicide.

The document was composed on a PC.

No fingerprint was found on the letter or envelope.

And no signature.

So we can't identify the sender.

The document provides detailed information on how Tamaru Zenso from Okada Association...

has been extorting money from Hinode Beer over the years.

For example, Tamaru Zenso threatened to divulge to the media that Sugihara's daugther was linked to the audio CD.

When the Lady Joker case broke, and Hinode Beer was backed into a corner,

Okada Association coerced them into meeting their demands.

According to the letter, on Oct 26th, Tamaru Zenso paid an impromptu visit to Hinode.

Do you know if Tamaru and Mr. Shiroyama met one-on-one that day?

I was not able to confirm that.

What? He is here?

Please stay here. I'll be right back.

Who could've possibly sent this whistleblower letter?

It must be someone who knew about the Tamaru and Shiroyama meeting.

Do you think Shiroyama briefed his staff on his meeting with Tamaru?

What do you think, Goda?

I think he did brief his staff.

What makes you think that?

The issue isn't something the president can take on by himself.

You don't think it's possible that Shiroyama himself wrote the whistleblower letter?

I do not think so.

You really don't know who sent the letter?

Yeah, we can't pin it down yet.

What's going on with voice No.13 - Handa?

In order to bring him in for questioning, you need to find some hard evidence.

- Were you able to tie him to other accomplice?
- Goda, this is it.

I'm here to tell you what the section chief forgot to say back there.

There's no need to report to the HQ tomorrow.

- What do you mean?
- Don't take it the wrong way.

You've already done enough and everybody recognizes your work.

Maybe ithis is the chief's way of looking after you.

I'll take care of the rest.

As you wish.

Welcome

Be careful, we are being watched by the police.

I'll tell them I'm here to buy some drugs.

I quit the trucking company

Why?

I need to care for my wife and daughter.

So I don't have time to work.

Wife is still not doing well?

I can't discharge her from the hospital because she'll try to kill herself again.

That's terrible

Is the money ready?

We agreed not to spend it for at least another 6 months.

I know

We're being watched by the police, so I can't even go get the money.

Just hang in there for a bit.

We're all going to get our share, ok?

Do you think I can hang on 'til then?

How much?

780 yen

It's not just us, Mr. Go.

Hosei Association got a wind of this story too.

Hosei Association? Wait a minute!

I'll give up my share of 400 million yen.

400 million yen?

We don't need such chump change

Do you want to do it again?

Do what?

Red beer

It won't involve extortion this time.

We're going to make money from stocks.

You already made 400 million. And you pocketed another 1 billion. Isn't that enough?

I'll guarantee you 5 percent.

Which group are you working with?

It'll be much easier to pull off than Hinode, because we won't deal directly with a company.

Unless you tell me who you are working with, there's no deal.

If you agree, I'll tell you.

There's no need.

You and I are finished.

Listen up.

If Mr. Go makes any offer, make sure you turn him down.

What offer?

He wants to do another round.

It's because he is probably in a bad situation right now.

That's not our problem.

Don't entertain his idea, got it?

Ok. I'll call you again.