March 17, 6:59 PM. Incident occurred.
7:03 PM. Report made to the MPD 110 Emergency.
MPD and all jurisdictional stations were informed by radio dispatch.
Mashita was shot.
Shot?
7:06 PM. 10 km radius emergency deployment officially announced.
Orders given to arm all police officers with guns.
7:11 PM. Detective Chief Hakamada renames case
to "Attempted Shooting Murder".
Wangan Police Dept. and 1st District Special Investigative Unit
deployed to begin investigation.
Aoshima, orders to be armed with guns was given!
7:17 PM. Official announcement made to widen the search area.
Precautionary checkpoints were put into effect.
Hundreds of police officers were utilized.
Exceptional investigation arrangements.
Police Inspector Mashita Masayoshi had abdominal internal organ injury.
Critical Condition.
Please stay with Mr. Mashita.
It's our job to arrest the suspect.
8:02 PM. MPD and Chief of Detectives officially announce
establishment of investigative headquarters.
MPD 1st Investigative Unit 3rd and 4th sections arrive at Wangan station.
I'm taking full control.
The higher officials will not be allowed to interfere.
No report on suspect's witnesses.
The following day. 5:12 AM.
First investigative meeting is held.
According to the witness, only one shot was fired.
He was still on duty and shot within close range.
The bullet pierced Detective Mashita's abdominal area. The kidney was damaged.
He's currently undergoing surgery.
When he regains consciousness, we will begin questioning.
Details on the articles left behind at the scene!
The bullet and gunpowder were found at the scene.
According to the lab, the gun used was an illegal Detonic gun.
According to subsequent verified information,
the suspect has purchased more than a dozen
of the same guns in the Philippines and smuggled them in.
Any specifics on the suspect?
The name is Anzai, first name unknown.
He's an employee of Shiraumi Vessel and is in charge of steel transportation.
He recently returned from the Philippines.
A distinguishing mark is a scar on his right cheek.
What is the possible connection with the suspect of 6 years ago?
We got info that he claims to be the suspect
of the Hachioji police officer murder. That's all I have.
Here's the printout.
This is the passport photo.
Our reference system found a man with the name Anzai
and a scar on the right cheek.
He's been arrested on an injury case, 7 years ago.
His address at the time was Hachioji City, Takasago 2-7-6.
His name is Anzai Shoji. He's 27 years old.
We obtained his passport photo.
Anzai Shoji's photo...
The District Headquarters Chief is here.
Mr. Mashita's father.
Has he regained consciousness?
Are you Yukino?
I've heard about you from my son.
Thank you for always being so good to him.
My son is a police officer. I've been prepared.
I have an investigation, so I'll be leaving.
My body hurts.
I feel as though I've been slashed.
I feel as if I've lost a family member.
What's the matter?
We're always working on the threshold of death.
I had forgotten.
Is that Mashita's...?
He made his own homepage web site.
"I saw the news..."
"Are you all right...?"
"I'm worried..."
"Don't die."
"The suspect will not be forgiven."
He's gotten e-mails from around the world.
Please tell them that he's all right.
The investigation duties have been determined.
Uozumi and Waku, assist the main office in questioning.
Section Chief, this isn't the time to be depressed.
Ms. Onda, you'll support Superintendent Muroi.
Violent Criminal Division, please assist
the Sheriff's office in the gun's investigation.
The rest return to your normal work.
What about me?
An inspector from the MPD wants to question you.
May I help you?
How did you obtain details on the suspect?
You got the information from a casino bar owner in Roppongi, right?
They're under suspiction of illegal conduct.
How did you get the information?
Why do I have to answer?
Obtaining information from someone who's conspiring in a criminal offense
brings forth the question of violation of public service regulation.
If a bargain was made, the regulations state...
That's not the concern right now.
A colleague was shot and the suspect hasn't been apprehended yet.
I'm also investigating your arrest and conduct regarding Kashiwagi Yukino.
I'll accept the punishment.
Right now, apprehension of the suspect is a priority!
You're overstepping the boundaries of a police officer!
It's going to be a problem.
ODORU DAISOUSASEN The Spirited Criminal Investigative Network
Final Episode
Aoshima Forever
What should I do?
- Bring me coffee. - I don't serve coffee or tea.
Someone's been watching us.
He's an inspector of the MPD. I'm being observed.
A statement that I made to my superiors has caused a problem.
I said the vertical organization structure
between the jurisdictional stations and headquarters should be abolished.
I realized that after having worked with you people.
What is it?
Information on Mashita's case is in his homepage.
I sent an e-mail about Mashita's condition,
then information about the suspect came through.
What does it say?
They saw someone that looks like Anzai.
Superintendent, Detectives Aoshima and Onda
have received information on Anzai.
Call them in.
Did you get the location?
Thank you for waiting. We have a nurse in a green uniform for you.
Excuse me... Are you the store manager?
Do you want to work here? What roles do you like to play?
A stewardess?
A female police officer.
I'm Aoshima, from the Wangan Police Dept.
Is there a Shiraishi among your staff?
Please come this way.
Have you ever been to a place like this?
I don't want to see uniforms on my days off.
This way, please.
Excuse me.
Did Shiraishi do something?
Don't worry.
I'm coming in.
I'm sorry.
Are you Shiraishi?
I'm Aoshima from the Wangan Police Dept.
You're an Internet friend of Mashita, right?
How is Mr. Mashita? Did he die?
He won't die.
I'm glad.
Everyone on the Internet is worried.
Thank you for the e-mail.
Mr. Mashita's web site is interesting.
He tells about the back-side of investigations.
You saw a man with a scar on his cheek?
He came here to play yesterday.
Is it this man?
I think so. He was in this room.
He played a game where he was severely tortured by a female police officer.
He was extremely excited. He likes being tortured by police officers.
Other than that...
that man...
was carrying a parcel.
Shiraishi... we have a customer.
He wants to play with a female police officer.
I'm being questioned by detectives right now...
Stop!
What happened?!
The suspect has escaped! Please arrange for emergency deployment!
I don't want anyone to get shot anymore!
How's Mashita?
The surgery went well.
However he's still unconscious.
I received notice of passing the female police officer exam.
I see.
I wanted to become a police officer
and work with Mr. Mashita...
You'll be able to work together.
Really?
You have to believe.
Mr. Mashita has regained consciousness.
Mashita, do you know who I am?
He's all right now.
Why didn't you fire a threatening shot to the ceiling?
I didn't have time!
Why didn't you call the investigator downstairs?!
He suddenly appeared during questioning.
We would've if we had the time.
I don't care about having the time!
The problem is firing the gun!
If the bullet hit a citizen,
the prestige of the police would've fallen apart.
Who gave the authorization for release of firearms?
I did.
Your decision was too hasty.
I deeply apologize.
Detective Chief,
I'm weary of your ability to supervise your subordinates.
Please wait!
The suspect suddenly started shooting!
If he didn't fire back, he would've been killed!
The Japanese police are not supposed to shoot, even if they're shot at.
Muroi...
I hope you didn't announce to the investigators
to shoot at sight.
I haven't.
Then I assume shooting the firearm
was a personal decision on Detective Aoshima's part.
Muroi,
reprimand Aoshima immediately!
Please wait...!
Doesn't the investigation take first priority?
The on-site investigators are conducting the investigation.
This problem is of greater importance to us.
You people disgust me.
The shooting of a firearm
should've seriously taken into account the situation
and alternative methods of arrest should've been considered.
It is clearly an error on Detective Aoshima alone.
I'll punish him.
Additional comments are unnecessary.
I'll determine your punishment. Come with me.
Come on!
Let me go!
Listen to me!
Listen!
What is it?!
I told you I'd take care of this case.
I told you I wouldn't let the higher officials to interfere!
I imitated you, earlier.
It made me sweat.
I'm going to investigate using my own legs.
Those Special Investigative guys are full of crap!
Please use this car! I'll write an apology to the administration.
Thank you.
Don't mention it.
Please get in.
Use my influence.
I have my own idea.
Tokyo Prison?
I'll bet he knows something...
Please try some.
There's a wide variety...
Muroi and Aoshima left in a car.
A report hasn't been made to headquarters.
What's the meaning of this?!
Don't let them act on their own. Stop them!
Please wait!
What are you doing?
Please have some tea first.
We have lots of monaka cakes, too.
Get out of the way!
Please don't get so excited.
This is ridiculous!
Our detectives cause so much trouble.
They're so incompetent.
But they're very dear to us.
They may be incompetent, but they're staking their lives.
Our heads will be in your care.
"Resignation"
Please allow them to do it.
Our station has a laissez-faire policy.
You have to go through an attorney to interview a suspect on trial.
Please... we're after a murder suspect.
I will consult the attorney, but...
He's walking around town in possession of a gun.
I'll have to confirm with the prosecutor's office.
Who's the in-charge?
May I speak with Mr. Jissoji?
Mr. Jissoji, I'm Aoshima of Wangan station.
I need your immediate assistance.
We'd like your approval to interview a suspect currently on trial.
I realize that's difficult, but...
A higher official?
He's right here...
Superintendent Muroi of the MPD 1st Investigative Unit.
Please...
Did he approve it?
I understand.
Mr. Jissoji has given me full authority.
Please consider this an extreme measure.
I will take full responsibility.
The main office's name pulls a lot of strings.
Is that what you always do?
No way!
Mr. Yamabe, right?
It's been a while.
I'm going to stand up!
I tried to blow up Mr. Waku...
Even if I live, I won't take revenge on you.
You confessed to purchasing a gun in the Philippines.
We're after a man who committed a crime
and hid in the Philippines for 6 years.
He smuggled a gun into Japan, too.
This is the man.
Do you know anything?
My colleague was shot and injured by this man.
A police officer was also murdered 6 years ago.
The murdered victim
was a junior colleague of Mr. Waku.
He's retiring tomorrow.
He won't be a detective anymore.
How unfortunate.
I can't take revenge anymore.
Mr. Yamabe...
It's no good.
He doesn't care.
See you.
Mr. Muroi...
A man like me can't go to heaven, right?
Yes, you can.
If you do justice at least once before you leave...
Nishi Azabu's One-Eyed Jack...
You'll find the weapons from the Philippines there.
The deals occur every Wednesday...
It's tonight.
What kind of person is this Aoshima?
He's 28... 29 years old and he's about 185 cm tall.
His hair is long... I've been telling him to cut it...
I'm not talking about his physical appearance!
What kind of associations did he have outside of work?
Isn't he dating Sumire?
I had a feeling something was going on between them.
We have to get them married.
Why don't you be the go-between?
They're not part of the career group,
so being the go-between has no merits.
Never mind!
I'll take custody of this.
Are you really taking it?
What's with you guys? Why are you taking it back?
That's not fair!
You said we're in this 'til death do us apart.
This resignation thing was your idea...
That's how they are, when things are on the line.
That's the bar.
Do you think Anzai will come?
The firearms he smuggled in are illegal items.
A violent criminal section officer said that
due to possible accidental shootings,
the organization may not purchase them.
In other words, he needs quick cash to escape.
Let's go.
He's not here.
Even if he comes here, we can't arrest him.
He may fire the gun.
Excuse me...
I'd like to speak to the owner.
I'm the owner, Yamamoto. May I help you?
I'm Aoshima from the Wangan Police Dept.
There's a possibility that the suspect of a case
we're investigating will come here. Please close for tonight.
That's impossible.
Don't you care about the welfare of your customers?
I have a business to run.
The type of business you operate is...
I'll buy out this bar tonight.
The MPD will buy it. How much?
I see. Thank you for calling. Goodbye.
Mashita has been moved to a regular room.
Did you find out anything?
There's a connection between Anzai and the suspect of 6 years ago.
There was an Anzai among the customers
at the crime scene coffee shop, 6 years ago.
There's no mistake. It was him.
Where's Aoshima?
He disappeared with Mr. Muroi.
Mr. Muroi is prepared to be punished.
He was always frowning, so I knew he would crack one day.
Muroi's quite a man.
It's better if a man smiles only once in a while.
What is it?
Will you be punished, too?
I've ignored the orders of my superiors and am investigating on my own.
I'll probably be discharged.
Is that all right with you?
I'm prepared.
You were so insistent on getting to the top
so you can change the organizational structure of the police force.
That was my plan.
I wanted to remove the politics from investigations
and break down the wall between jurisdictional stations and headquarters.
I wanted to allow the investigators to move
in a way that they believe was right.
Like you.
Unless you believe you're right,
you can't stake your life on your work.
Mr. Waku once said...
If you want to do justice, become superior.
I understand.
If you want to change the internal structure, you can't be on the outside.
The people on the inside have to do something about it.
Is that what he meant?
You can't leave the police force.
If you do, you can't do anything.
It can't be helped.
I lost.
May I have one?
Do you smoke?
I used to smoke until I graduated from college.
When I joined the police force, I was told
to quit smoking if I wanted to advance.
Anzai...
Secure him!
We're from the Metro Police Dept.
Anzai, drop your gun!
Are you Anzai Shoji?
We've arrested Anzai Shoji under emergency measures.
Where're the guns?
We've confiscated all of them.
Good work!
Come with me.
He's admitted to shooting Detective Mashita.
However, he's denying the incident 6 years ago.
Mr. Waku, we're counting on you.
You people think you can get away with anything in order to arrest the suspect.
You people will undergo a commission of inquiry.
We're going to thoroughly investigate.
Muroi, you'll take responsibility, too.
The inquisition will be in one week.
If there's a commission of inquiry... you may be fired.
Six years ago,
you killed this detective, right?
You did it, right?
This detective
was the same age as Aoshima.
The detective who arrested you.
Aoshima's a very interesting person.
He doesn't truly understand what justice is.
He's always restless, misunderstands,
and he's the king of exaggeration.
But...
He has true conviction.
That's unusual for a young man.
So what?
I've only recently realized something about him.
He has his own set of laws.
It's like a law of his heart.
He disobeys the laws of his superiors,
but he never breaks the laws of his heart.
That's the kind of person he is.
Mr. Anzai...
I'm retiring today.
I've lost the time to interrogate you.
Please call in Aoshima.
Please come.
Aoshima will interrogate you from tomorrow.
Mr. Waku, this is your case!
Never mind, you do it.
Now I can retire.
I have no regrets.
Even if I retire,
as long as he's here, a police officer will never die.
Did he confess?
I'm leaving the rest in your hands.
Be prepared.
Detectives like you...
still exist, huh?
If I knew, I wouldn't have returned to Japan.
"Rinkai General Hospital"
We apprehended the suspect.
This is from Sumire. Melon and flowers.
This is from Mr. Uozumi.
It's a Finnish fairy of good fortune, Tontu.
This is from the section chief...
the usual monaka cake.
This is from Mr. Waku.
I told him never mind because it has roots,
but he says it's a good quality pine bonsai.
This is from Mr. Muroi. They're application forms for worker's compensation.
He's so dull.
Where's everyone?
We had a case, so they all went to work.
It got dirty, but...
Did it work?
Very well.
I have work to do. Please take care of him.
Please do your best.
See you.
Regarding yesterday's incident of attempted
shooting of a police officer, Superintendent Muroi,
although a Special Investigative officer,
ignored the orders of the higher officials...
and conducted independent investigations with Police Sergeant Aoshima.
Both have ignored the investigative arrest prospectus
as established by the Metro Police Dept.
It is in direct violation of the Metro Police Dept.
Public Service Regulation Article 3, Section 25.
We will begin the inquiry.
I have no objection. Everything was accurate.
Are you admitting it?
What about you, Police Sergeant Aoshima?
I admit fault.
We will determine your punishment.
Police Sergeant Aoshima
will be removed from the Wangan Police Detective Section.
Superintendent Muroi will be instructed.
Please wait.
What is it?
What's going on?
Just as I said.
Why am I being instructed and Aoshima is demoted?
I'm responsible, too. Please be fair.
That was my intent.
Is it because I am in the national public servant
career group and he is not?
Stop trying to smooth matters out by severing
one side and scratching the other's back!
Are you dissatisfied, too?
I'll follow your orders.
After all,
lower detectives like me are a dime a dozen.
However it takes many years and tax money
to train and make someone into a superintendent like Mr. Muroi.
Mr. Muroi didn't violate the regulations because he wanted to defy you people.
He just wanted to see for himself what the jurisdictional stations were all about.
After all, he knows nothing.
He was a hindrance on my investigation
and I couldn't use him at all. It was awful.
A hindrance?
That's not how we operate.
Stop trying to look cool!
I now understand, after working with you.
The people at the top should remain there.
Elites are elites after all.
You're wrong! I was...
What do you know about jurisdictional detectives?
Jurisdictional detectives never sleep, use their legs,
stake their lives... and chase after the suspect!
What do you know?!
I tried to understand!
You can't work on the jurisdictionl level.
You should remain on top.
Stop talking like that!
Stay at the top!
I have my work to do...
You have your work to do.
Stop it!
Your manner of speaking towards a superior is very bad.
I'm sorry. I gladly accept my punishment.
When everything's been formalized, we'll inform you in writing.
Why did you say those things?
Is that really all right with you?
I'll do my best.
After all, there's someone who feels the same way I do, at the top.
Mr. Muroi...
The jurisdictional detectives hold all their hopes in you.
I'm counting on you.
I understand.
I'm leaving.
Don't worry.
I'll start all over again.
Come to my home some day.
Let's eat kiritampo stew pot together.
I'll look forward to it.
Please pick me up in a helicopter.
A few days later...
You're working at the police academy?
I was hired by the administration...
I'm working as of today.
I see.
Don't forget about your father, and work hard.
Do you know how to salute now?
What is that? How terrible!
Appearance is extremely important to a police officer.
You're the hero of the younger people.
A salute is supposed to be...
Try it again.
You're putting too much strength into your elbow.
You have to do it lightly, with a straight posture.
This is rough on my back.
Are you all right?
Yes, thank you.
Are you well already?
I'm sorry to have worried you all.
I'm glad!
You sure are young.
You're transferring to the main office immediately?
They told me to stay here until I'm fully recovered.
You'll be here for a while?
Please be good to me again.
Where's Aoshima?
Well...
What happened to him?
He's doing police work.
Mr. Police Officer...
You found a 100 yen coin and brought it here?
Wait right here. I'll take your statement.
"If you do a good deed, something good will happen to you."
You can take it home.
This is referred to as an extreme legal measure.
Watch out for cars.
Hi, Grandma Yoshida.
I heard you came back.
I felt this town really needed me.
Please have a seat.
Do you still have the amulet I gave you?
It worked really well.
Here it is. You wouldn't believe how many times it saved me.
There was the bomb incident, and...
When I was fighting with a suspect,
I was stabbed with a knife.
But there's a piece of wood in here, right? It saved me.
I see. I'm so happy.
It helped a colleague named Sumire...
And it saved Yukino.
But the greatest one was when I was chasing
after a suspect and shot a gun...
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
NAKAYAMA Jin
HARA Hisako
HOSAKA Naoki
KITAMURA Soichiro
IKARIYA Chosuke
English Subtitles by Nippon Golden Network Timing by DoramaWorks
Directed by MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
A Production of FUJI TV, Japan
This drama is fictional