For our Spring Traffic Safety Campaign,
I appoint you as the Wangan Police Department's branch manager for 1 day.
I'll do my best!
Branch manager, shake her hand.
What do you people want?
I want to shake hands, too.
My daugther pestered me for it.
I've been waiting for this day.
Please change places.
Let go of me!
Let's all surround Tomoe-chan.
Change places!
The gangster squad doesn't have to take a picture.
We don't want to ruin the detectives' image.
What was that?!
Don't threaten me.
You're scaring Tomoe-chan.
This will definitely improve our image.
He's got his arms around her shoulder.
I want to do that, too.
Let's go.
I'm happy everything's peaceful.
This is actual hemp resin.
Inhaling a few grams will put you in Heaven.
Don't you mean Hell?
I'm kidding.
Sheriff, we're not supposed to be
involved in narcotics and substance abuse.
We arrested a man for possession of this stuff at a bar in this jurisdiction.
He gave us the name of the dealer.
We want to catch the dealer by staking out his home and hang-outs.
We don't have enough men to conduct an all out investigation.
I refuse. We have our hands full with burglary and injury cases.
They're small cases, but we have many.
Your section chief already gave us his written approval.
We're counting on you.
A stake-out in the winter is bad for my back.
A stake-out?
It's not for fun.
I know.
Mr. Waku, we're counting on you. Please!
What shall we do?
I hope we're staking out a beauty.
If it's a man, we're turning it down.
I understand. We'll have you stake-out
the dealer's residence.
Yazawa Natsuko... she's 22 years old.
Not bad.
Let's do it!
A stake-out...
I am Aoshima of the detective division. I'd like materials for a stake-out.
Materials for a stake-out, please!
Is it an indoor or outdoor stake-out?
We're renting an apartment.
Indoor stake-out, please.
They've even given us the Tetris game.
I purchased it through the request of the detective section.
Can you get a Tamagotchi?
I can't.
I have a Tamagotchi.
It's 3 years old, 27 grams.
Your rental period is one week.
If there are any delays, please notify us beforehand!
We will. I can't do it for longer than a week.
Please sign this form.
After signing, please go to the back room to change.
We have to change?
Are you doing a stake-out in a suit?
From the perspective of a company, it's the director or accountant...
You're all working so hard!
I'm supporting your hard work!
Mr. Waku, I'm counting on you for the Public Peace job.
I hate it when you bigwigs make all the decisions.
We don't have any big cases, anyway!
Let's go to our traffic division.
It's this way.
She's so young.
I always watch you on TV.
Mr. Waku, that's Shinohara Tomoe!
I'm sorry.
Get her autograph, later on.
She's good. She understands the heart of a song.
Really?
ODORU DAISOUSASEN The Spirited Criminal Investigative Network
Ep. 6: Stake-out... Her Love and the Truth
It's heavy. This is bad for my back.
That hat matches you well.
What are you saying.
This is it.
Are you from the Wangan Police Department?
I've been waiting for you.
Are you the owner?
I received a call from the chairman
of the Crime Prevention Association.
We'll be renting one of your apartments.
Please take care with respect to the tenants...
Don't let the tenants know we're police officers.
I understand.
Your apartment is 203.
Please do your best!
Take your shoes off!
We're renting this place! Take your shoes off!
Don't throw them!
You're so meticulous.
Hang the curtains!
The first priority in a stake-out is to hang the curtains.
They can see us from across the street! That's common sense.
This room is quite spacious.
There's no furniture, that's why.
Stop quibbling and hang the curtain!
Why don't you help?
My Tamagotchi had a bowel movement.
What are you doing?
It's the first apartment on the 2nd floor.
She's not home, yet.
Are you done moving in?
I'm your neighbor. My name is Shingyoji.
I see. Hello.
Are you father and son...?
Yes, we are. Don't we look alike, especially around the mouth?
Don't speak unnecessarily.
Is this all your belonging?
We just moved out from the country.
The factory we owned went bankrupt and we decided
to move out to Tokyo and start over.
Don't make up stories!
You went bankrupt? How terrible!
He never worked. He just played everyday,
finally resulting in the factory going bankrupt.
This fool!
That hurts, Mr. Waku!
Madame? She's the madame.
Please be good to us.
We may need your assistance sometimes.
The same here.
Don't push!
Stop it! It's not worth fighting over.
One autograph per person.
I got it!
Section Chief, my exam is tomorrow, so I'm leaving.
That's fine.
Tomorrow is note taking and the interview is the next day.
I'll return as a police inspector.
Mashita, do your best.
I'm going.
Fail!
She hasn't returned yet.
The curry tastes good.
I prefer the kim chee one.
Let me try some.
This is good.
Shall we have that tomorrow morning?
Give it back.
So what. This one is good.
We only have one more left. Give it back.
No way.
Kim chee taste...
Feels good!
He's acting like a kid.
May I help you?
What are you 2 doing with the lights out?
We're star gazing.
My father's a country bumpkin, and he's feeling melancholy.
I made a simmered dish. Please have some.
Thank you.
Don't make your father worry too much.
I'll do my best.
It's rough having a bad son!
That's so true. He's a fool!
If you get too close to him, it'll rub off.
Please wash your hands when you go home.
You went overboard.
I'm eating the kim chee one tomorrow.
Not that.
You were saying the suspect hasn't been caught yet, right?
Your colleague that was murdered...
why was he hit?
You don't have to talk about it, if you don't want to.
Darn!
When I was at the Hachioji station 6 years ago,
we were following a burglary case.
The detective that was investigating with me, got stabbed.
We found a possible suspect.
I told him to wait until I got there.
But he went after the guy alone.
We never identified the suspect.
It was my responsibility.
Why?
I didn't teach him that the arrest is the most dangerous moment.
It's as if I killed him.
How old was that detective?
The same age as you.
Twenty nine?
I'll be retiring soon, so I was trying to forget it.
Then you came.
I remembererd him.
Then, I couldn't forget again.
She came home.
Isn't she that young lady?
It's Kashiwagi Yukino.
The tenant's name is Yazawa Natsuko, right?
Yukino said she was moving, but...
Maybe she's living there temporarily.
I guess so.
Does that mean Yukino and Yazawa Natsuko
know each other?
It seems your hunch was right.
You said she was acting strange.
You mentioned something happened with her
boyfriend when she was studying in America.
It's suspicious.
What is?
She's acquainted with a narcotics dealer.
Don't make presumptions.
Why? I'm a detective.
I know, but...
Take pictures and call the sheriff's department.
Work hard now!
And cut your hair! How disgusting!
Fool!
It's been a while.
What's the matter? Why are you here?
I'm investigating a case.
Did you move in this area?
What is he chatting about?!
I wish you notified me as to where you're staying.
I can't inconvenience you.
How about that man?
Your boyfriend in Los Angeles?
Have you notified him about where you're staying?
No, I haven't.
I don't want to look back into the past.
Please excuse me.
This isn't good.
There was a fight at Kouyou Pier and we've arrested the suspect.
Section Chief, please take care of him.
I'm leaving early today. It's my wife's birthday.
Waku and Aoshima aren't here.
Mashita's taking his exam. You're the only one here.
The section chief isn't good at interrogating.
He was threatened by the last suspect he interrogated
and admitted to committing the suspect's crime.
How embarrassing.
Uozumi... If Mashita passes the exam
you may be demoted and become a pawn.
I'll do it.
Lower your elbow!
Get in! We're going to begin!
Do your best!
What's wrong with pickpocketing
the wallet of a wealthy person? They're throwing away money.
I'm spending it on their behalf.
She came home.
The lights just went on.
She's changing her clothes.
What?
You don't have to watch her change.
How old do you think I am? Seeing a woman nude...
You lech!
Thank you.
What about Yazawa Natsuko?
She hasn't returned.
Don't take your eyes off the girl who's staying there, too.
To be honest, she's not involved.
We've checked out Kashiwagi Yukino.
When she was studying abroad in L.A. she was
arrested for participating in a hemp party.
We have records that she traveled to and from
L.A. and Japan a few times last year.
What does that mean?
It's the typical pattern of a drug smuggler.
We shouldn't have accepted this job.
It's awful... the surveillance of another person's life.
It's our job.
Not only the surveillance... but we must dig up
a past that we don't have to know about.
Her father was murdered by a burglar...
and you felt sorry for her.
But the truth is she's a drug smuggler.
It hasn't been determined yet.
The world is coming to an end.
The world's just begun for me.
Don't get emotionally involved in your work.
It'll get in the way.
Did it wake you?
Where's Yukino?
She's at home.
It's Sumire. You had a call from Superintendent Muroi.
For me?
He's in the vicinity and wants to see you.
What? I'm in the middle of a stake-out.
I don't know. He was in a hurry.
He gave me his cellular number, so call him immediately.
Shall I take over for you?
I have to treat you, right?
I don't work for free.
Is this it?
He's late.
What's that?
I'm sorry about the other time...
I wrote an apology. Was that insufficient?
I'm not here for that.
I came here for your opinion.
Where's the suspect?
She hasn't stepped out.
I'm taking over for Aoshima.
Could you massage my back?
That's sexual harassment.
Don't be so frigid.
You can leave too, Mr. Waku. Your back hurts, right?
You're not fully healed, either.
I'm young. I really don't mind.
I accept your offer.
Please buy me "Tonya's" special roast beef teishoku dinner. Thank you.
I knew it.
What is Aoshima treating you to?
Okay.
I heard about the situation.
Was Aoshima shocked?
He didn't show it, though.
I'm counting on you.
Be careful.
Murder of a company employee...
It's an incident in the jurisdiction of
the Shinjuku station, but we can't figure out who the suspect is.
The victim is a medical machinery and supplies salesman.
Sales?
You were in sales once.
There were no problems in his private life
and there's no incidence of intra-company problems.
His recent transaction yielded a 50 million yen
contract from visiting the client only twice.
Twice?
He's an extremely talented salesman.
That's strange.
There's no way anyone can seal a contract on 2 visits.
What does that mean?
Contracts aren't made that easily from sales.
Business negotiations are done after the 5th
"michinarashi" procedure.
What is that?
The 1st visit is the greeting. The 2nd visit is to see how
the client is doing. The 3rd visit is to please the client.
On the 4th visit you identify the client's possibilities,
and on the 5th visit you introduce your company.
After the basic "michinarashi",
the actual business negotiations start from the 6th meeting.
I see.
It's the basic rules of salesmen.
The fact that he got the contract on the 2nd visit means...
there must've been a back margin or under-the-table deals.
There must've been some problems with that.
I think you should investigate the accounting books
of the victim and the client.
I'll do that.
Are you enjoying your work?
What are you doing now?
I'm assisting the sheriff's department by following a hemp dealer.
Kashiwagi Yukino is involved in it.
The strangulation case in my jurisdiction.
Do I know her?
She's the victim's daughter.
You questioned her many times.
Her?
Did you forget?
I have many cases.
You're the head chief, so...
What do you want to say?
The jurisdictional office thoroughly works on each case...
A detective doesn't deal with material goods.
We deal with human beings.
I can't afford to do that.
I'm returning to the stake-out.
I'd like to ride that, next time.
This is Muroi.
This is Ichikura of the Narcotics Division.
The 1st division chief told me that you have ties
with the Wangan Department.
And?
Due to the error of a subordinate, the suspect
of a case we were following escaped.
The Wangan Department got involved...
Where's the switch?
Hello, this is Onda.
I'm the air parcel carrier. Is this Yazawa Natsuko's residence?
Here.
What's the matter?
A parcel was delivered to the suspect's home.
What is it?
You delivered a parcel to apartment 202, right?
Please show me the receipt.
Let's break into the apartment and confiscate the parcel.
Please wait!
Yazawa Natsuko hasn't returned yet.
The parcel was addressed to Kashiwagi Yukino.
Are you Kashiwagi Yukino? We're from the Wangan Police Department.
We have a warrant authorizing the search of this residence
for narcotics based on the suspicion of illegal possession.
The landlord will stand witness while we search the apartment.
Take the time.
The search began at 2:58 PM.
Take photos of the scene.
Where's the parcel you accepted?
You signed for it, right? Answer!
She's not the suspect. Don't yell at her.
I found it!
We're going to search the contents.
Please sign the inventory of confiscated items sheet.
What is this?
I don't know.
I will evaluate it in your presence.
If the liquid turns red, it's hemp.
Please confirm it.
Please come with us to the station.
I'm merely renting this room from Natsuko.
Tell us at the station.
Get out.
Come along.
How about this spot?
I'm back!
With everyone gone, I had a rough time.
What happened?
It's a genuine worker's compensation accident.
How was the exam?
I did perfect!
Section Chief, we're interrogating someone. We'd like to borrow a room.
Please wait!
Please allow me to talk to her.
Just 5 minutes.
Why?
She's the daughter of a murder victim
that Aoshima was in-charge of.
And?
He's been encouraging her even after the incident.
The murder and this case are irrelevant.
Even so, he can't ignore it.
We helped you guys out. You should be appreciative.
I'll stand witness.
Just 5 minutes.
This way.
Ms. Onda, I hate to mention it now, but could you
submit a report on the purse snatching?
I'll do it.
We were surveilling the apartment you're in.
I was doing it.
You?
Please tell me about the parcel that was delivered.
I don't know.
It was addressed to you.
I don't know.
Do you know who the sender is?
The sheriff department will do the interrogation.
Stay out of this.
What's your relationship with Yazawa Natsuko?
She's a friend from Los Angeles.
Is that all?
When I told her I wanted to move,
she said I could use her place.
Why hasn't she come home?
She hasn't called.
Where did she go?
I don't know.
You too...
Were you a hemp smuggler, too?
I'm not involved!
Then why did you go back and forth between L.A. and Japan?
My father... There were things I wanted to discuss with my dead father.
- What was it? - I'm really not involved!
You were arrested in L.A.!
I was invited! I didn't do anything!
I was released!
You told me about the boyfriend you were seeing
while studying at the university in L.A.
Isn't he involved?
We don't have time.
Will you believe me?
I'm sure the sender is part of Iwase Osamu's group.
Iwase Osamu?
The man I was seeing in Los Angeles...
He was doing hemp.
You were seeing a man who was doing hemp?
When I first met him I didn't know.
I found out after he proposed to me.
I told him to quit. I tried to convince him many times.
But he didn't quit.
He asked me to smuggle, too.
That's why I ran away to Japan.
I wanted to discuss it with my father.
Iwase is back in Japan. He came to see me.
I told him I didn't want to see him, but he persistently kept calling.
I couldn't stay at home, so I called Natsuko.
That's strange...
Yazawa Natsuko is a hemp dealer.
I didn't know that either. I didn't know anything.
I was being fooled.
You're sure you're not involved with the drug?
Can you swear to your dead father?
Yes, I can.
Let the sheriff's department substantiate that.
It'll be all right.
Superintendent Muroi is here.
Here he is.
May I help you?
This is Superintendent Ichikura from headquarters' Narcotics Division.
You're interrogating Kashiwagi Yukino, right?
We've been following the contraband route of hemp from L.A. to Japan.
We're chasing after the dealer who lives in Los Angeles.
It's Iwase Osamu.
He's even dealing with cocaine and is trying to develop a dealer's organization in Japan.
Our lower detective let him escape at Narita Airport.
We arrested Yazawa Natsuko, who was with him.
Yazawa admitted to the contraband being sent from Iwase.
Kashiwagi Yukino is Iwase's girlfriend.
Yes, she is.
Ichikura wants to take over her interrogation.
We're taking her to headquarters, so could you release her to us?
Iwase is an important person.
He's too much for you, jurisdictional officers.
I don't have time.
Please wait!
Hemp doesn't fall within our jurisdiction.
We'll have you come to the Metro Police Dept.
We're going to be thorough.
You're in the way!
Move!
She's not involved.
She's an illegal smuggler. Iwase's stuff was mailed and addressed to her.
She says she was entrapped.
All women say that when they're caught.
She's innocent.
We have to beat it out of her to arrest Iwase!
Interrogating won't get you anything!
I'll get it out of her!
She's suffered from the questioning when her father was murdered!
It's a citizen's obligation to cooperate with the police.
We're taking her.
Aoshima, follow their orders.
Let go.
It's discretional, right?
If she refuses to voluntarily go with us, we can drag her there on other counts.
Is that the kind of woman you were?
You're a drug addict, right?
I'm glad I didn't believe you.
You're an insincere, stupid woman!
Where did you hide Iwase?
Your man...
Everyone, did you see that?
She hit me while I was questioning her on duty.
I'm arresting you for interfering with an officer performing his duties.
Someone record the time.
5:32 PM.
I'm not recognizing that arrest!
Police Inspector Mashita, what happens if she's arrested?
The Wangan Department can detain her for 48 hours, until she's prosecuted.
I get it. It's legal.
Are you prohibiting headquarters from conducting an investigation?
It's only for 48 hours.
A jurisdictional office won't be allowed to act on its own!
Call the Metro Dept. head.
This is Muroi. I'd like to speak to the head of detectives...
That was the only way.
I won't give you to headquarters.
I will prove your innocence here.
Aoshima... why?
I told you I'd help you.
They're summoning you.
I don't care.
Sumire, could you please let her rest.
We have a resting room. Let's go.
What are you going to do?
Any suggestions?
We have no choice, do we?
Written by KIMITSUKA Ryoichi
Theme song: "Love Somebody" by ODA Yuji with Maxi Priest
ODA Yuji
YANAGIBA Toshiro
FUKATSU Eri
MIZUNO Miki
ONO Takehiko
ZATOI Kenta
Yusuke Santa Maria
FUKAWA Toshikazu
KITAMURA Soichiro
IKARIYA Chosuke
English Subtitles by Nippon Golden Network Timing by DoramaWorks
Directed by SAWADA Rensaku
A Production of FUJI TV, Japan
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