Haraguchi Motoko
Club Carnet Mama
Yamada Namiko
Motoko's former coworker
Ha.. Haraguchi-san?
Max Loan?
I wanted to work at a bank again...
...but the temp agency said there's nothing available.
- You broke up with him? - Yeah.
He bought his bike and guitar with my card...
...so installments are killing me.
But.. you're amazing.
Running a club in Ginza and all.
It doesn't feel real that we actually worked together in the past.
And here I am having made no progress at all.
Progressing backwards, even.
Call me if you need something.
Thanks.
Wow...
Thank you very much.
Thank you for coming as usual.
Thank you very much.
Kikuchi-san left without paying again...
...saying to put it on his tab.
Right now it's more important...
...to attract customers than to collect money.
Let me try to talk to him next time.
- I'm sorry. - Have a nice evening.
You too.
Yasujima Tomio
Lower House Member Secretary
Yasujima-san.
- It's been a while. - Good evening.
I got so much on my hands back at home.
I was hoping I'd make it in time, though.
You want a drink? Just one.
Kanpai.
How's it going?
It's going so-and-so.
You're remarkable. That youthfulness.
I'm almost at my limit.
How about you? Lots of stuff to take care of in your home town?
Yeah.
The widow of the late minister...
...took over his base and announced her candidacy.
I'm deeply indebted to him and his wife.
Maybe I should withdraw...
I think you should fight on.
You've been working towards becoming a Diet member all your life.
Didn't you tell me?
"Never give up and your dreams will come true."
No matter your current situation...
...if you never give up, your dreams will definitely come true.
I'm sorry.
Even though I don't know anything.
No, it's fine. I'm feeling clear-headed now.
Here is the only place where I can speak freely.
How so?
Isn't that what nightclubs in Ginza are there for?
Talking about things you can't talk about at home or at work...
...knowing that it absolutely won't get leaked out to anyone else.
You're right.
Someday, when I've just become a Diet member...
...maybe I should throw a grand party at this place.
My! I better make sure to charge you a lot then.
Even though I had 180 million.
Isn't that right.
Your catchphrase might be "the youngest Mama in Ginza"...
Makino
Ginza Shagrin Manager
...but the world isn't sweet enough to let you keep up business by that alone.
I'm very much aware of that.
Well, ups and downs are normal in this business.
Get back to the basics, give your girls a pep talk...
...and perseverance is what you need.
Right!
How about a more amateurish girl?
An amateur?
Rather than a mature girl with a high daily allowance...
...why don't you try to scout an amateurish girl with room for growth and raise her yourself?
I see.
How much for an hour?
You wanna make some pocket money?
If you agree to wear a school uniform, 1...
- Please let go off me. - Then how bout (2)?
I'm sorry to disappoint.
But she's not that kind of girl.
- Haraguchi-san. - I just wanted a tissue...
I'm calling the police.
Can I have 30 minutes of your time?
But I've never worked in the night entertainment business...
Anyone can do it with the right mindset.
At least until you've cleared your debt.
The nightlife of Ginza is full of girls in the same situation as you.
Unlike a temp worker, the harder you work the more you can earn...
...and people who didn't even notice you as a temp would talk to you as an equal.
There are different ways to please a customer.
Find your own and do your best.
For now.. let's give it a try until I'm done with the installments.
It's all learning by doing.
Translation: HPriest @ d-addicts
Pardon me.
Here she is!
- Our new girl, Namiko-chan. - Please treat me well.
Narabayashi Kenji
Narabayashi Clinic Director
Mama.
Yes?
You really know my type.
I'm a Mama after all.
Namiko! Over here, come.
- Hurry! - Excuse me.
No!
Here, on here!
How much is one bottle?
Congrats on your enrollment.
- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
Alright, pick whatever you like.
So, what nigiri will it be?
Well.. uni, ikura and chutoro.
Okay! Uni, ikura and chutoro.
Here, uni.
On your birthday, it's okay to live in luxury, right?
- What's with you two grinning? - Nothing.
Go ahead and eat it.
- Is it good? - Yes.
- Thank you for the meal. - Thank you very much.
Maybe I could escort Namiko home~?
Is that a problem?
Please take care of her.
Hop in, hop in.
Great... Ah, I'll come by again very soon.
Please don't become that kind of "gentleman".
Don't be ridiculous.
I'm escorting her to protect her from them.
Take care.
Mama, good night.
Good night.
We have three options.
1: Go straight home as it is.
Right.
2: Go somewhere to drink.
Okay.
3: Think about it while taking a short rest.
A short... rest?
What you wanna do?
What?
Good morning.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Last night went well?
Yes, he escorted me straight home.
Really? That's good.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- First I want to remove that spot... - Yes.
The smile lines, then the outer corners of the eyes...
Slim down my face and whiten the skin.
I see.
Say, how much would that cost?
Nakaoka Ichiko
Narabayashi Clinic Head Nurse
Well, first we get you massages for your face...
...and then you put on some of our exclusive skin-whitening soap.
You try that for a little while and then we discuss further options.
Will that work?
You'll see it once you try, so please keep on using it.
We're having a monitor program at the moment...
...so it's completely free. - Free?
However, please never forget this.
You're already more than beautiful the way you are.
But if you're still saying that you want to become more beautiful...
...you can come and consult with me as many times as you want.
Yes...! Please!
Alright, now take a deep breath. Now breathe out.
Breath in again.
I'm gonna turn on the machine now.
Yasujima-san! You came again.
- One person? - No, I have an appointment.
My, who?
Godfather Part 1.
I'm just an old guy running a pawn shop.
Pawnshop Man Part 2.
Really?
How lively.
- I'm sorry about the noise. - No, no.
Seeing lively youngsters gives me power.
You see, when you become my age...
Hasegawa Shoji
...you have to absorb power from others and hold it in.
You still seem pretty youthful to me.
Well then, what did you want to talk about?
I want you to have a marriage meeting.
- A marriage meeting? - Yes.
If you want to go against a widow in the election, you need a strong supporter.
The other person...
...is the daughter to one of the top three electrical manufacturers in Japan.
With that, their associated companies, their factories, and their families...
...you'd have an estimate of 10,000 votes on your side.
She's 35, husband died 3 years ago, no children.
Right now she's a board member in name only. In truth she's just a domestic helper.
Her appearance.. is as you can see here.
Mama, your opinion?
Well, it's a beautiful kimono.
Uh-oh...
Election is war. War is strategy.
Or have you set your heart on another woman?
No, winning the election is all I can think about right now.
Well said. In that case, I'll make the arrangements.
Please do.
- I'm serious. - Really?
What? I don't get it. There's no way...!
Good morning.
You forgot to turn off the sign outside again last night.
Oh, I'm sorry.
- Lights in the toilets, too. - No, I'm sure I...
Always turn off the lights! Never flush twice!
How many times do I have to repeat myself?
I'm sorry.
Good morning.
The girls are saying they want new work clothes...
...they want to replace them with designer brands.
The nurses agree with us.
These days white nurse outfits are too old fashioned.
They want a pink or light blue one.
What color you're wearing isn't important.
The director tells us all the time.
It's the age when medical care is becoming a service sector.
We're the face of the hospital. The first impression of our patients is what...
- The director is the face of the hospital. - Understood.
I'll think about the work and nurse clothes.
Thank you very much.
You're too soft on the young ones...
How about flounder cooked in soy sauce tonight?
Fish again?
You have to take care of your health.
Come on, be more gentle.
Since when are you writing mails?
I realized it's quite convenient.
Who taught you?
One of the nurses?
Well...
Or this person?
It was in the pocket of your suit.
Just a Ginza woman who welcomed me.
- How's it going? - It's not like that.
I'm talking about your plans for the new hospital.
What has become of the state-owned land that's on sale?
I'm going to get introduced to an official from the Ministry of Finance next time.
When? Once you've bought the land for cheap, construction will begin immediately, right?
It's not that simple. There are still permits and licenses.
That's why it's important to get the land for basically nothing.
Come one, don't let it become cold.
I miss you~ I want to see you~
I can't do without you~ Heart, heart, heart, send.
Well, that should do it.
He just doesn't stop. Gimme a break...
Namiko-chan, if you could.
Mama, Narabayashi Sensei will come here soon.
Oh? That's good.
Mama, thank you so much.
You saved me.
It's because you're doing your best.
I had no idea.
That earning money...
...could be that easy.
- Ah, Mama! - Good evening.
Long time no see. I'm glad you've come.
Iwamura Eiko
Club Shokudai Mama
This is Daikei Motor's vice president Toshima.
- Good evening. - Good evening.
He pestered me to see "Ginza's youngest Mama."
Very much appreciated. Let me show you to your seat.
After you.
- Many people are coming here. - That's good for you.
Sorry, even though you're our guest...
That's fine. Those don't cost anything.
Alright! Just a bit, though.
That's all!
It's going to decrease your status if you allow such behavior.
Excuse me.
However, our proceeds have increased thanks to her...
...and she's desperate to settle her own debts.
Another bottle gone!
I'll come again.
Carnet welcomes you as much as Shokudai.
Got it. Well then.
Thank you very much.
Vice president.
Don't come here in secret.
Don't worry, I know.
A quarrel?
What's your problem!?
Isn't it our job to please the customers?
- How dare you! - Hey, what's going on?
Namiko meddled with one of my customers.
Accompanying others' customers, after-hour dates... She just does as she pleases.
I can't hear it anymore. Good night.
- Hold right there! - Back off!
- Hey! - Hold on!
Hands off!
They're just here to drink. You're not getting married or anything!
They invite me because you're no fun and they don't want to drink with you.
What!?
It's an unwritten law that you don't meddle with others' customers!
You don't even know that much!?
- Exactly! - Calm down, please.
I'll have a talk with Namiko-chan.
There's nothing to talk about.
It's you who told me to find my own way, didn't you?
This is my way.
Don't speak like that to our Mama!
We're not done here!
I told you to back off!
You're pissing me off!
Stop it!
Everyone, calm down!
Stop it, I said!
Get the extinguisher!
Stop it, I said!
Everyone, calm down!
Stop crying, okay? There's no reason.
I can't go there anymore.
It's okay.
I really hate them. All of them!
It's okay.
Incoming call: Nakaoka Ichiko
Who is it?
From which place?
- Eh? It's not a woman. - Let me see.
Didn't you tell me that I'm the only one for you?
You're my number one, Namiko.
I'm serious.
Then...
Will you listen to my wish?
Go ahead. You can ask me anything.
The number you have dialed...
...is temporarily out of service...
Can I hand you the bill?
Yes.
What's the matter? Coming here at this time...
We'd like you to let us quit here.
We can't work together with that woman.
Hold on, I'm gonna deal with...
That woman even got Narabayashi Sensei to buy her an apartment.
Three days of not being able to do business, on a weekend of all times...
You must suffer from heavy losses.
Not only that...
...you also got yourself a preposterous hostess.
I sure didn't expect her to go as far as having a customer buy her an apartment...
An apartment?
It's not an apartment, it's her own place.
Her own place?
With the Director of Narabayashi Clinic as that Namiko's sponsor, she managed to get herself her own club.
What? You didn't know?
Well, it's true that he's giving me my own club.
When?
With the deposit already being made, all that's left is the interior design.
I'd say one month until the opening?
Where?
Eh? Here in Ginza, of course.
Ginza 8-chome.
- So it's near our club. - Now that you mention it.
Where in 8-chome?
Two floors...
...above Carnet.
Well, it's twice as big as Carnet, though.
- You can't. - Speak for yourself...
...you were a hostess in Ginza and opened your own club in Ginza as well.
I worked at Shokudai in 4-chome.
So when I became independent, I deliberately picked 8-chome to put some distance between...
- It doesn't matter, does it? - It does.
It's the "Rule of Ginza," the "Code of Ginza".
It's just night entertainment business. Who cares about rules or codes?
Having a man support your own place...
Isn't that the dream of every woman working in Ginza?
What's so bad about having that dream come true?
I'm using my way to rise in the world.
And I'm not letting anyone get in my way.
Well, in your case...
...it seems like you made it without the support of a man.
What are you getting at?
What...
...did you do at that bank?
Before you quit, you must have done something.
What you did is corporate embezzlement.
If you expose my actions...
...it will become a huge scandal for the Torin Bank as a whole.
The 180 million Yen, I have no intention of returning it.
What did you do?
Narabayashi Kenji. Living in Motoazabu, Minato-ku.
Eight false-name accounts at the Torin Bank Setagaya-Kita branch...
Hiding 250 million Yen on those accounts.
Please.
How you like the interior?
Listen! This needs a sunroof!
- A sunroof? - Yes, here!
- Can you do that? - Yes, of course.
So, how much?
Approximately that much...
G735 Gallery: Invoice (The car gallery...)
G735 Gallery: Invoice (19,440,000 Yen)
Yes?
Is this the number of Nakaoka Ichiko?
Nice to meet you. I'm Haraguchi from Club Carnet.
Have we met somewhere before?
Please take a numbered tag.
No, I believe it's the first time we meet...
I have a common face, though.
The director is financing a hostess?
I usually tell my girls...
...not to do anything with our customers...
...that could interfere with their private lives or their daytime jobs...
I'm truly sorry about that.
It doesn't really matter to me.
I'm just the head nurse.
I'm in no position to meddle with the director's private matters.
Besides, he can provide being a womanizer.
Aren't affluent men like him...
...why you can keep doing what you're doing in the first place?
For him, tipping a Ginza girl 100,000 or 200,000 is nothing...
We're not talking 100,000 or 200,000.
He bought her an apartment.
An apartment?
On top of that...
...he even got her an own club here in Ginza.
All the money he must have spent on Namiko so far...
I think we're talking 200 million or more here.
200 million...?
Yes.
- You gotta be joking... - I'm not.
200 million Yen?
Key money for club has to be around 100 million.
Interior design and working money, 20 to 30 million.
The apartment, 70 to 80 million.
200 million might not even be enough.
Will he be alright?
Are you positive about that?
I think it's better for you to see it with your own eyes.
The address for Namiko-san's apartment.
I wrote down my number as well, just in case.
Yes?
I don't need a newspaper.
Yamada Namiko?
I'm Nakaoka from Narabayashi Clinic.
Open the door!
- What the? - It's fine, just open the door!
Wait... Hold on, what?
I'm calling the police!
You the old shrew?
Shrew?
The old economizing stingy demon?
The head nurse everyone dislikes and calls old shrew behind her back, right?
- Don't ever come near him again. - What? Why?
Our director is a splendid person of social status.
He associates with politicians and doctors...
You're no match for him!
Isn't it you who is no match?
How come and old stingy lady like you...
...things she can talk to me with such a condescending attitude?
Still don't get it?
You're already yesterday's news.
Yesterday's news?
Meaning he got tired of you and dumped you already.
Meaning he got tired of his worn-out shabby car...
...and got himself a shiny new sports car that feels great when taking it for a ride.
I mean, have you seen yourself in the mirror?
Rather than lifting other people's wrinkles...
...shouldn't you consider lifting your own first?
Forgive me, but I think it might already be too late for you.
- What's wrong with you!? - You thieving cat!
I'm calling the police! I'm serious!
You thieving cat!
Stop it already!
Do you have any idea how much this carpet cost?
It's all his money anyway!
You thieving cat!
- What's wrong with you! - You thieving cat!
- You stingy hag!
Ichiko! What are you doing!?
Sensei, help me!
You... thieving cat!
- Calm down! - There's no way I gonna!
- I'm gonna take a bath. - Fine.
- I'll make you some tea. - No need.
How much did you use on that woman?
How much of the money I scrimped and saved for did you use on her?
All those 30 years...
...I've served Narabayashi Clinic and you with the intention of getting married.
I did everything for the construction of our new hospital.
My hospital.
Whether it's the current or the upcoming one... Narabayashi Clinic is my hospital.
When we were still a small dermatology...
...and you had no clue how to use the internet...
Who was it who desperately studied the websites of other cosmetic surgery places and came up with the fee system?
The free monitoring... The trial price; I proposed those.
The face massage, the skin-whitening soap, the skin-whitening injection... all me.
Hiding the consultation fee from the insurance...
Negotiating with the bank to open false-name accounts...
Pooling the money to avoid taxes...
I've kept my composure...
...all the while the young nurses called me an economizing demon and stingy old hag.
Everything for our dream!
And here you are, wasting it all on a young girl...
Let's... put an end to it.
You'll give up on the new hospital?
I mean our relationship.
Who's going to look after the women in the hospital?
I'm gonna hire someone.
What about the accounting? The face massages?
And what about you?
If you don't pay attention to your meals salt content...
Anyone can replace you.
A young girl like that won't do!
You have no idea how selfish you can be!
- Shut up! - That's all I've been doing!
All those 30 years, I've always kept my mouth shut!
Give me back my 30 years!
30 years... of living a comfortable life.
You should thank me.
Are you serious?
Your completely wrinkled face that screams poverty...
Your jealous looks...
Your habit of sniffing the stockings you just took off!
Just about everything, I'm done with you!
- Did something good happen? - Not really.
Come on, confess. What happened?
You scored a filthy rich customer? Like an Arabian oil magnate.
Don't be ridiculous.
Which reminds me, was the information...
...I had about Narabayashi Clinic useful to you?
Why did you want to know about that hospital anyway?
Incoming call: Nakaoka Ichiko
I'm really sorry about everything. All because of my negligence as her supervisor.
I've never been on the lookout for a man.
Now all I can do is accept that I've been dreaming for 30 long years.
What are you gonna from now on?
I've been a nurse all my life, there's nothing else I can do.
However, just the thought of having to start from scratch while working under younger nurses...
Maybe I'll look into nursing.
It's none of my business...
...but shouldn't you at least demand severance payment?
At this point, I can't...
Shall I negotiate it in your stead?
Although he spent 200 million on Namiko...
...he's not even giving you a dime.
My mother also had money problems.
My father died and left us with a huge debt from his gambling addiction.
After that, my mother had kept on paying back that debt until her own death.
Because of that debt, my mother and I couldn't buy anything we wanted...
We had to restrain ourselves with food...
...and always lived in misery.
For money to be that important and scary; I was disgusted by that.
You had a hard time.
For 30 years you gave it your all, devoted yourself to the hospital...
...and now you're not even getting a severance payment?
I believe you deserve that money.
And in order to help you...
...there's one thing I need you to do.
Enough of that now.
I told you I have an arrangement with the interior decorator.
They key money and the costs for interior design, I got it all covered.
Don't forget the remaining key money of 50 million, okay?
I know.
Hey, don't!
Where's the director?
He said he'll be back for the afternoon examination...
I wanted to give him my good-bye.
You're really quitting?
You guys must be delighted.
Laughing up your sleeves.
No, that's...
I'm clearing my personal effects, so please do the cleaning when I'm done.
Thank you for everything.
My.
Hi.
I'm here to meet the interior decorator.
You decided on an opening date?
Well, about three weeks from now, I guess.
I hope you won't run into any problems.
What's that supposed to mean?
I'm getting off here.
I haven't seen you in a while.
I was really surprised, getting a call from you.
It's because you haven't paid us a visit for a while now.
I know what you're getting at. It's about Namiko's club, isn't it?
Above my club of all places.
No, it just happened to be really cheap.
My bad for keeping it from you.
I'm gonna support Carnet from now on, too.
I wanna keep company with you the same as always, okay?
Wanna go grab something to eat?
Before that...
...I have a serious matter I want to discuss.
If possible, somewhere we can be alone.
The two of us, alone?
You really are beautiful.
Thank you very much.
Women love getting such compliments, even though I know it's just flattery.
It's not just flattery.
All the women who come to my clinic...
...wish they were born as beautiful as you.
Women are the kind of creatures...
...that want to stay youthful and beautiful forever.
My job, you see, is to tickle the vanity of those women...
...and give them some advice while complimenting them.
In the end, everyone is just hungry for compliments.
About their own appearance.
I have an academic conference tonight. We shouldn't waste too much time.
Namiko will get angry.
Namiko is Namiko. You are you.
Hold on a second.
I told you we don't have much time!
Well, you want me to move on to the main subject then?
Main subject?
I told you, didn't I? I have a serious matter to discuss.
I have some collateral...
...I'd like to use to lend some money from you.
Torin Bank's Setagaya-Kita branch.
Kanbara Eiichi, 24.72 million Yen.
Tsuruta Masakatsu, 28.56 million Yen.
Inari Takumi, 38.43 million Yen.
Tsuji Masahiko, 41.18 million Yen.
What are those?
A list of your false-name accounts. You know them very well, don't you?
There are still more.
Kubota Ken, 16.05 million Yen.
Fujii Yohei, 19.26 million.
The money you're hiding in bank accounts at that branch alone amounts to 250 million Yen.
- How do you... - That's not all.
Th.. That's...
Narabayashi Clinic's...
...separate ledger different to the one submitted to the tax office.
Secret accounts, so to speak.
If the taxation bureau...
...came rushing in holding that ledger and all the details about the hidden accounts at Torin Bank.
I wonder what would become of you?
How much additional taxes...
...would you have to pay upon getting arrested for tax evasion?
Not to mention the cheap acquisition of the state-owned land...
...and you dream of building a new hospital, all of that is going to become a pipe dream.
Are you... threatening me?!
All I want is to lend some money from you using those two as collateral.
How much?
500,000?
Gimme a break! 5 million?
- 50 million Yen. - You gotta be kidding!
50 million is a lot, I can't just...
Yes, you can...
...if you give up your rights to Namiko's club.
What?
If you don't pay the remaining money, cancel the contract...
...and even get back the key money.
With that, 50 million Yen should be easy for you, right?
That's blackmail. I'm gonna report you to the police.
If you report me, your tax evasion and you selling unapproved pharmaceuticals...
Everything will come to light as well.
If that happens, you might even get deprived of your doctor's license.
Look at it this way.
Originally, it's money you've viciously made by exploiting the weakness of women anyway.
I'm not at fault here. It's all those women who came to me.
No need to exercise, no need to diet...
As long as they have money, they think they can become thin and beautiful.
Stupid women like that.
What's wrong with making money?
Do you have any idea how much I studied to become a doctor?
Having my own hospital. Having come that far...
Do you have any idea how many hardships I had to go through?
I'll keep that in mind.
I'm gonna report you.
I'm gonna take you along with me.
Let's go to hell together.
You leave me no choice...
Hey, what are you doing?
Being assaulted by a corrupt doctor or being blackmailed by a woman who got assaulted...
Who do you think they gonna believe?
Seriously, what kind of woman are you?
Just your average Ginza woman.
When can I expect you to lend me those 50 million Yen?
When?
Give me one week.
You have three days.
Since making a payment via bank transfer is out of the question...
...I suppose you have nothing against me picking it up from here.
I'll be anticipating your continued guidance and encouragement from now on.
Your severance payment, 10 million Yen.
If you allow me to give you a suggestion...
...why don't you think about starting your own business with that money?
My own business?
From now on...
...please live for the sake of your own happiness.
What do you mean you can't?
At this point, you can't just...
I can't afford it.
What? Why?
I won't be able to pay for this room's rent next month either...
...so you better look for a new place.
Rent? Didn't you buy me this apartment?
I rented it, of course!
Ho.. Hold on a second. What's going on?
What am I gonna do?
It's all that woman's fault.
That woman?
If you wanna complain, go and do it to Carnet's Mama!
Business will be down for a while, which is gonna be difficult for all of us.
I believe that all we can do is to continue to do our best...
...and value every single customer in front of us highly.
I'll be counting on you today again.
We're looking forward to work with you.
Haraguchi-san!
What did you do to him?
Come on, tell me!
Translation: HPriest @ d-addicts