Shall we go to another bar, chief?
Okay. Let's party!
Party?
Yes, but we'll all pay our own way.
Pay?
Come on guys. We've charged the company enough already tonight.
Yipe!
Hey!
Are you pretending I'm not there after bumping into me?
Why don't you say something?
Kids today don't know manners.
Ch...chief...
Nooo!
Stop it!
We work for the well-known Yamato Construction.
Idiot!
Only a jerk gives away his company name.
Why don't you grow up, getting pissed and making a fool of yourself.
We don't care who you are.
Getting pissed doesn't make you special.
Call the police, Ishii.
C...certainly
Go on!
He's gonna be dead before the cops come.
F...forgive me...I didn't mean it... s...sorry...take this...
I hate salarymen like you. Even your smell makes me sick.
Cool it.
Who's that?
I nearly get there, Then I lose my confidence.
I look at the sky and wonder, Will I get to where my dreams come true?
Life used to be so easy for me, And now time is running out.
I left my mistakes behind me, Because I wanted to change.
But I haven't changed.
I built a rainbow over the thunder clouds, And time and space, and I started to run.
I'll climb that rainbow to a world beyond, Where my heart will learn to sing.
And I will come to see tomorrow.
I can flow,
I can go endlessly.
If I find my peck of courage in time and space,
I will start walking again.
KINTARO JOINS A COMPANY
You think you're a big man, beating up on people.
You'll be sorry for interfering with us.
I told you to stop.
Has anybody told you there are times when it's best to keep your mouth shut?
Right on, you.
Don't diss white-collar workers, dummy.
Y... you!!
What's that?
H...help...
We shouldn't have done it!
Give him a break.
He's not an amateur.
He must have quite a reputation.
Don't you know who he is?
There was a biker gang with 10,000 members over Kanto district,
called Hasshu League...
That's Yajima, the man who put the gang together for two years.
What? Kintaro?
Th... The legendary head of Hasshu... Yajima Kintaro!?
You were right for backing down before it was too late.
You could've ended up in a box if he'd got a bit more annoyed.
I'll let you go. Get the hell out!
Thanks.
Kintaro!
Didn't you become a father and settle down with your wife?
Why on earth did you come back?
I knew it had to be you, Mr. Akechi!
Hasshu broke up long ago. There's no more business to take care of.
Everything's nice and quiet on the roads now.
Mr. Akechi, you're a detective, not a traffic cop.
That's impressive!
Good to see you back. I heard about Akemi. Is that your kid?
Yep. His name is Ryuta. Akemi died as he was born.
I see. Get in!
We've got a lot of stuff to chew over.
No, we'll have some fun tomorrow.
Listen up!
You don't think I'm letting you go after causing a scene?
You're staying with us tonight!
Let General Section know.
Yes.
We don't want this kind of thing in front of the entrance.
Go away!
This isn't the place for people like you. Move the cars.
My name is Sakurai Kyoko, I'm a secretary at Yamato Construction.
If you don't leave, I'll call the police.
Begging your pardon, lady.
We're here for important business, too.
It won't take long. You're gonna have to excuse us.
There he is! Kin-chan.
It sure is.
Kin-chan! Boss!
We missed you.
Hey! Sabu! Hi!
Mitsuo! You haven't changed. Isn't that Kida, Matsuda, Ishii and Kanzaki?
But why're you still wearing your colors?
We've all retired, but...
You coming back is a special occasion.
But is it time, Mr. Akechi?
How come Kin-chan's joined this blue-chip company as a salaryman?
I don't know.
Thanks for coming guys...
We're buddies forever.
Yeah!!
My name's Yajima Kintaro. I'm joining this company today.
Interesting. He's not kidding. Kintaro's really going for it.
Good luck!
All right.
What the hell is all this?
You don't just have a baby on your back...
but you also get delivered to the office by a police car on your first day.
What's the deal?
I had to stay at Shibuya police station last night and they gave me a lift.
Are you putting us on?
I... Imai!
I knocked someone out. That's why the police pulled me,
but I don't understand why it should be a problem for anyone in this company.
There now...
General Manager!!
Honestly. Is this really true?
Th...this person is the new recruit...
Miss Sakurai, please show him around the General Affairs Department.
Mr. Chairman, why did you employ a man like him?
Um...
Nobody's gonna deny that you're the one who established this company, Mr. Chairman.
Yamato Construction is now ranked in the top three in the housing construction industry.
If this was brought up at a general meeting of shareholders, you could be in trouble.
Kaminaga, what is a salaryman?
Since when do you have to be a university graduate?
Since when do you have to wear business suits?
Since when do you motivate people by criticizing them?
Why do we make things so difficult by worrying about what other people think?
Why do we tie ourselves up with a ridiculous amount of red tape?
I hear you, but I think you should take a look at this.
This is a photo of Yajima Kintaro three years ago.
This must be something you're doing for amusement, but please...
Relax. He won't last for a month as a salaryman anyway.
Are you OK?
Yajima... We don't know the whys and wherefores of your actions but...
you're causing problems by bringing a baby to the office.
RYU!!
Behave yourself.
Everyone in the office is confused about how he's supposed be treated.
Does he get on with his work?
Yes, he has been sharpening pencils quietly all day.
That's good. Let him sharpen pencils all day. Every day.
What do you think?
This is fine. I like it.
As it says in the contract, please don't bring friends around for parties.
Troubling neighbors is the last thing we want.
I know.
Well, here's the key.
Ryuta! This is the place for us two.
Don't worry Akemi. I'll bring him up the right way.
You can do it, Kin-chan. You can make being a business man...
as cool as being the leader of a biker gang.
You there...
What?
Thank you for the other night.
Oh, it's you.
Are you on your way to work? Which company?
It's a construction company.
Oh, really? So is mine. I'm in accounting though. Do you do plans?
Or maybe work on site?
I'm sharpening pencils.
I see. You must be on probation to an architect.
But most plans are designed by computers these days.
It seems like a good company to take a person like you into their head office.
Do you think so?
H...hey!
This is Yamato Construction, where I work.
I work here, too.
Good morning.
Good morning, sir.
Executive Director Kurokawa! Good morning.
That's Mr. Kurokawa. Let's get out of the lift!
Hey!
Mizuki!
Y... yes.
What happened to your face?
Surely you didn't get that in a fight, did you?
No, I just fell over.
Hey. Get out.
It's empty. We can get in.
What's that? Don't be silly. Get out of the lift.
Do you work here?
Yeah.
Which department? What's your name?
General Affairs Department. Yajima Kintaro.
I've never seen you before. Which year did you join?
Yesterday.
- Excuse me! - Excuse me!
Why don't they get on? There's plenty of room.
This is your floor.
Oh yeah. Thanks.
Hey, you're not just a fool, are you?
So what if I'm just a fool?
This unpleasant feeling I have now will stay if you're just a fool, that's all.
I don't know what makes me a fool, or what makes me clever,
but I do know that I'm gonna stay being the person I am.
If part of a salaryman's job is to get out of lifts just to make you feel good,
then being a salaryman is a heap of shit.
Listen boy, keep your mouth shut! Who do you think you are?
Your point of view only works if you're living alone on top of a mountain.
This is a better point of view.
Human beings can't live alone. They have to live in a society.
Human society has a pecking order.
Humans have to learn to live by keeping the balance.
That's why they need to show respect.
If you don't want to be involved with other people, that's up to you.
It's not my business.
But since you joined this company, I don't have to put up with your attitude.
Don't bother to come to work tomorrow if you can't observe the rules.
And one more thing.
I have never demanded that subordinates leave lifts for me.
They do it of their own free will. And I don't mind if someone gets on either.
Remove the headband and have your hair cut.
You're fired if you haven't changed by the next time I see you.
Being a salaryman isn't so easy.
Who was that?
He's an Executive Director.
He worked his way up from the time that the company was established.
H... Hey.
He was serious.
I've never seen Mr. Kurokawa so serious before, when talking to an employee.
GENERAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
I've made you a coffee.
Hope you want one.
Thanks.
My pleasure.
Kazue... Hey, Yajima!
What?
Make copies please. Ten of each.
I can do that, Mr. Nakazawa.
I'm asking Yajima.
All right.
Ten of each, right?
Don't talk to me like that.
Don't tell me you've forgotten what you were told by Mr. Kurokawa?
If you don't have your hair cut... you're FIRED!
What's happening, Kazue?
Making coffee for someone like him.
I can't believe I could meet him at a place like this.
What?
What do you mean?
I used to adore him in my college days.
What? What's that?
The one in the middle, that's Kintaro.
He was admired by all the girls.
W... were you in the gang?
No, he was different.
He was the straight-laced type.
He wasn't into drugs or girls.
He was an icon. A celebrity in gangster magazines.
Hi!
I'm Maeda Ichiro from the Architectural Department.
Maeda-chan!
Which girl has been sharpening pencils since yesterday?
What's happening?
Hello, Mr. Kanzaki.
The way pencils are sharpened has changed dramatically.
They are done so delicately, elegantly, and are very easy to write with.
I would love to marry a girl who sharpens pencils like this.
So I came to see who it was.
N... no... No way?
Sure is.
I'm sorry. Really sorry...
It's my health. It's really for reasons of my health.
I'll get you back. I surely will get you back.
Where's your baby?
He's at a nursery for a few days.
Executive Director Mr. Kurokawa resigned at last.
It's supposed to be for health reasons.
The President's camp is expanding, as we expected.
It seems like Mr. Kurokawa was forced into resigning.
Hey!
Don't talk such rubbish in a place like this!
Sorry.
Resigning means quitting, right?
Is Kurokawa the one at the lift?
Yes.
He was a real man
Is this what a salaryman society is, that it requires guys like that to quit?
Yeah. Seems like it.
Oh, are you working through your lunch break?
It doesn't seem like it.
He's not sharpening pencils.
What are you making?
It's a float.
A float for fishing?
Yeah.
Can anyone lend me nail varnish?
I can.
Will a red one do?
Yes, and give me a clear one too if you have it, please.
OK!
Wow! That's beautiful!!
Prettier than the ones you can buy from shops!
I want one too, Kin-chan!!
Kazue-chan.
H... Hey! She's calling him Kin-chan.
If all the girls in this department get turned by the weirdo,
we're gonna have problems.
Can anyone lend me scissors?
Scissors? I have them.
Here you go.
K...Kin-chan! What are you doing?
Cool!!
You cut your hair because you're afraid of the Executive Director.
Imitation gangster!
You should've cut your hair in the first place.
I'll teach you one thing.
A real man can sacrifice himself for another real man.
Well, although we'll formalize the decision at the board meeting,
we're going to accept Executive Director Kurokawa's resignation today.
Is that all right, Chairman?
Yeah...
There's no need to wait for the board meeting.
I would like you to decide it today.
That might be all right for you, but we have to keep up appearances as a company.
It reflects badly on us that an Executive is resigning halfway through the year.
You're staying until the end of your term.
Until then, it's up to you if you come to the office or not.
It can't be helped when it's for the reasons of health.
Is that what you call a samurai's mercy, Mr. President?
Yes, he wouldn't be comfortable coming to work in this situation.
Excuse me, Executive? There's someone who'd like to see you.
Who's that?
It's Yajima Kintaro.
Yajima?
Let him through.
You cut it.
I know I looked like someone who was pretending to be white-collar.
But you treated me seriously.
You think so? I thought you looked more like a salaryman than anyone else.
I'm not gonna hold back on this.
I know.
Here's a little present for you.
My dead grandfather used to make these.
I learned by watching him. I put everything I've got into this.
It's a farewell gift.
Excuse me.
Hey, Grandpa!
Oh, Kin-chan.
Yajima.
I remembered that I used to love fishing as a child.
You've made me want to live a long life, quietly fishing.
Thank you.
After climbing up a long road,
The lights of the city flicker in the distance.
I realize why I look up at the sky,
And the dream I had that day comes into my mind.
I've kept searching for what never changes, And I've reached my goal at last.
It's you, in my arms, That will change everything in heaven.
We'll start walking together, Our long way journey to heaven.
As long as it's true that we're together again, I don't need anything else in heaven.