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{a6}Fight. 5 A Fight to the Death
He's reporting to the field today. {a6}Fight. 5 A Fight to the Death
The field?! {a6}Fight. 5 A Fight to the Death
But he started in Sales only recently.
Mr. Yamato's orders.
Field work is awful. The workers are hard to handle.
Really?
But I'll have the sky for a roof. That's good.
That suits Kintaro.
About Ryuta..
I'll take him to and from school.
Thank you!
Thank you for the breakfast!
It wasn't much.
Ryuta do your best.
Your lunch. There's no cafeteria.
Thank you.
Good bye!
I've been assigned to field work here.
I'm Yajima Kintaro!
You're the replacement?
I'll be counting for your help.
I'm president of Hitotsubashi Contractors.
Hitotsubashi Shingo. How do you do?
What're you doing?!
Can a young kid like you handle the work here?
They sure take us cheap!
Morning, Ryuta.
Mama!
Good morning.
Papa didn't come today?
Kin - chan's doing field work so I'll be bringing Ryuta.
Field work?
Please look after Ryuta.
How come...?!
What're you doing?!
You're more two months behind.
Why aren't you working?
We didn't get the money we were promised.
The money's been paid according to the contract.
I'm talking about the money Director Oshima promised.
Whats that?
Go ask your office. And bring me an answer.
Sorry.
My hand slipped.
Ryunosuke...
Why'd you send Kintaro to do field work?
Field work's vital.
It's the best way to learn.
They've got to work their way up.
Send your dearest child away on a journey?
For Kintaro who knows nothing about the business,
it might be a tough test.
I want to see how he handles it.
Aren't you working in the field?
I had to ask Mr. Yamato something.
How's the work?
Too soon to tell, yet.
Kin - chan, do your best.
Don't give up!
Mr. Tanaka, don't you miss me?
Idiot! Just don't let the workers get you down!
I'll be okay.
Good luck.
Excuse me.
You gave up already?
No.
What's wrong?
I'll be going.
Stay.
I don't look like it but I'm busy.
Kintaro...
Don't give up.
Sir...
What did former Director Oshima promise the contractor?
So that's why you came?
Please tell me!
Actually...
Though Hitotsubashi had another job,
Oshima promised them an extra 200 milllon Yen..
to work on our project.
And that hasn't been paid yet.
Right. Counting on that money,
Hitotsubashi invested in equipment.
So now, they're late in paying their workers.
Is it necessary to pay the money?
It wasn't in our contract. There's no need to!
It was a verbal agreement by Oshima alone.
Moreover, we suspect he misappropriated the money.
Sir..
Don't pay it, if it's not necessary.
I thought you'd be noble again and tell me to pay it.
Will it be all right? Can you manage them?
Yes.
They're not a motorcycle gang.
I'll manage them.
I'll let you handle it!
Give me their answer!
The answer?
Here it is...
Finish the work by the deadline!
A work contract, is a man's life!
You can't be goofing off!
Quit arguing! Just pay up!
You're pitiful!
Don't think I'm just an ordinary salaryman!
If you won't work, I ll make you!
Just try it!
Greenhorn! Wanna lose your arm?!
Do you think we like goofing off?!
Isn't that Kintaro?
Hey! Stop it!
Stop!
That's enough!
Are you all right?!
Kintaro, are you all right?
Kintaro, wake up!
Good evening!
That's some beating he got!
I'm home.
Always a kid at heart. You'll never be cured.
It hurts, like hell.
You okay?
It's lousy that you have to pay for OShima's failure.
Oshima probably used the money...
to buy stocks for himself.
It's possible.
Why'd the Chairman send Kintaro there, though?
See your papa. He's funny!
That's a terrible company. They ganged up on Kintaro.
Not even Kintaro can fight so many.
Good evening!
I knew it!
Is Kintaro still alive?
Come in.
Masumi, give this to Kintaro.
Thank you!
Kintaro...
Chairman!
Don't get up!
Sorry.
Can l talk to Kintaro alone?
Yes.
Excuse me.
Let's play downstairs!
Sir..
I'm ashamed of myself.
That goes to show anybody can fight.
One on one, I wouldn't have lost.
I'll pay the money after all.
Please wait a while, sir!
Do you have you a plan?
Not right now.
But please wait a while longer.
I'm sorry about the other night!
When you brought my drunken daughter home.
- I'm so sorry.
- No, no. - I'm so sorry.
I'm Maeda of Design.
Maeda?
Department Manager?!
Masumi! The manager brought you home?
That's right.
Please sit down.
She has no shame.
I'm an easygoing man. Please don't worry.
It shows on your face.
Unlike me, my daughter's dimwitted. Please help her.
Rather than be Masumi's supervisor,
I'd prefer to be a good work partner.
Mom, this is Kin - chan's manager, Mr. Tanaka.
Thank you! I'm Tanaka.
Mr. Tanaka...
You're a manager too? All managers...
Please sit down.
Mr. Tanaka and Mr. Maeda...
Chairman!
What's going on at Kin - chan's work site?!
There's a slight problem...
That Director Oshima started?
You know?
Kin - chan told me.
Shouldn't this be solved by company executives?!
Masumi! How pretty you've grown!
Never mind that!
Why did you shove this all on Kin-chan?!
Ryunosuke has his own reasons. Don't interfere!
I'm not! What if something bad happens to Kin-chan?
Are you so concerned about Kin - chan?
No!
I'm...
I'm worried about Ryuta.
She's always been a feisty child. She never changes.
She's just a smart mouth.
She's just like you.
She's your daughter after all.
Kintaro!
What's wrong?!
I'm starving.
I'm hungry.
Hungry?
Let's order sushi. My treat!
Sounds great!
Let's see how Yajima Kintaro handles the work site.
The Chairman always gives Yajima special treatment.
What do you mean?
He's probably being groomed as executive material.
Is he?
Are you jealous?
Jealous? Of whom?
Yajima Kintaro.
I'm managing a big project.
Don't compare me to that poor sap!
What?
Nothing.
How do you feel?
I feel okay.
You should rest a few days more.
I'll take Ryuta to school.
Thank you.
Let's go, Ryuta.
Bye, Papa.
Bye!
Ryuta, morning!
Good morning.
Please look after Ryuta.
I will.
Bye.
Bye bye!
How's your papa?
He's hurt.
Hurt?!
It's nothing serious! He's fine!
He's in bed.
Really?!
It's nice to have flowers in the room.
Thank you.
It's surprising that you like flowers.
Really?
Thats what I like about you.
Is field work very difficult?
Every job is.
You're right.
When I first started as a preschool teacher,
I couldn't control the children.
I thought I wasn't cut out for the work.
You did?
Please don't give up.
Thank you!
Kintaro!
I bought some delicious takoyaki!
Hello.
I'm visiting.
Octopus balls?
Sorry to intrude.
Kintaro's an idiot.
It's do or die for Kintaro.
Is the work site so dangerous?
They're rough workmen.
How could you send him there?
If anything ever happens to him...
I've pinned my dreams on him.
Dreams?
I'd nearly lost hope in salarymen.
So I was ready to abandon Yamato.
Kintaro was what stopped me.
He's not a dead planet yet.
A dead planet?
The Planet Salary Man.
Today's salary men use the system to hide from responsibility.
They only work by the manual.
A manual has only the most basic rules.
Many can't even follow those.
Now it's time for working men...
to fight with pride.
I'm passing on my dream
to Kintaro, a salary man like no other.
Ryuta..
I'm going now.
Misuzu!
Good morning!
How're your bruises? Are you all right?
I'm fine.
What're you doing here so early?
You need a lunch for work, don't you?
Thank you.
I'll drive you to the station.
Really?
Thank you.
Kintaro the idiot.
How sad.
You okay?
Don't you ever give up?
You should've recuperated.
Where re you going?
To see Mr. Yamato. He's paying the money.
What?
Here's the extra 200 million Director Oshima promised you.
Sir! Are you sure?!
You're truly the man who could oust Oshlma.
I have a request of my own.
You're over two months behind.
Be sure to make the deadline! Obey this man!
Can he manage the work?
Of course.
Then I'll take the money.
Sir!
Why did you pay him?!
There's no time.
I said I'd handle it!
The client is coming next week.
It can't be postponed.
But....
Listen!
Meet the deadline, even if it kills you.
That's your job.
That settles your gripe with us.
It sure took long, though.
Listen up!
To make up for lost time,
we'll work round the clock in two shifts!
Whatta laugh.
Draw up a schedule and show me.
I'll be in the office.
That's all for today!
Wait a minute!
Where's the work schedule?!
It's not my fault we're behind schedule.
Come off it!
We've got to work around the clock!
Then you do it by yourself.
Masumi.
I met a client in the neighborhood.
Really?
Let's go drinking. The others are waiting.
This reminds me of the time...
I worked in the field as a new hire.
Right, Tanaka?
I didn't know left from right,
and fought with difficult workers.
The times I nearly quit.
Really?
I never did field work.
It must be hard to handle the workers.
But If you win them over, they'll be strong allies.
If not, you'll never succeed.
You're right.
It was a great experience, though.
You can't get that in an office.
Kintaro...
A construction company's field work is crucial.
A true employee can manage a work site.
We'll help with anything.
Cheer up, Kintaro.
What's he doing?
Does he think that I'll make us listen to him?
Boy..
The reinforcing bars can't come.
You're the manager here. What is going on?
The work'll get pushed farther back!
Can't get through?
I heard that company was in trouble.
Maybe they went bankrupt.
Planning is 80% of the job.
I guess you can't handle it, can you?
Design Department.
Kin - chan!
The rebars didn't get here!
The supplier went bankrupt.
What'll I do?! Please help me!
Okay. I'll call suppliers I know.
Thank you!
What quantity?
30 tons of R - 20 for now.
Thank you!
They're here!
They 're here! Let's get to work!
Quitting time! That's all for today.
Work tomorrow.
Quitting time!
Wait a minute! Please work!
Please!
Please
I'm hopeless! After all you did for me...
They're cruel!
They even got paid more than in the contract.
I promised Mr. Yamato I'd succeed.
But at this rate, we'll never make the deadline.
It's frustrating.
Mr. Yamato said...
It's not like managing a motorcycle gang.
Now I know what he meant.
How can I get through to them?!
I don't know what to do!
It's not like you to act discouraged.
Right. Cheer up, Kintaro!
But even Kintaro gets depressed, I'm relieved.
I'm disappointed.
Good spirit was your best trait.
That's cold!
The best remedy is to drink and forget!
Let's drink.
I can't drink with such a hopeless person!
Excuse me.
Masumi...
Mom, what're you doing?
My foot's stuck! Lift the mat!
What're you doing?
What do you do here, anyway?
Never mind.
Is Ryuta asleep?
Oh. And...?
What happened to Kintaro?
I don't care about that man.
How cold.
I don't want to see a Kintaro that's depressed.
Kintaro gets depressed, too?
Speaking of the devil...
Welcome home.
Look at you, so drunk.
How pitiful.
Yes.
I'm pitiful.
Come here.
Come, I said.
Did you think it would be so easy? Fool.
Yes.
I was foolish.
Get drunk, get depressed...
You're just an ordinary salaryman!
Listen carefully.
Do you know, why Ryunosuke sent you into the field?
He wants to leave the future of Yamato in your hands.
Really?
Shut up and listen!
I'm not joking.
Don't you want to fulfill Ryunosuke's dreams?
Everything's riding on you.
You don't have the time to be drinking!
If you're a man,
don't let this discourage you! Fight to the end!!
Don't you want to fulfill Ryunosuke's dreams?
Everything's riding on you.
He's at it again.
Whatta diehard.
Excuse me!
Kin - chan!
Misuzu!
Kin - chan...
How're your bruises?
All healed.
Good.
I brought lunch again.
Thank you?
Yes?
Excuse me, but are you Suenaga Misuzu,
who used to live in Mukojima?
Yes.
I'm sumo wrestler Tenpuzan Shingo,
who was sponsored by the late Kuroda Seishiro.
Shingo?!
I used to be a geisha in Mukojima,
and Kuroda Seishiro was kind to me.
He was a sumo sponsor.
That's how I got to know Shingo.
Is that so?
Shingo...
Help Kin - chan all right?
What's wrong?
You're a sumo wrestler?
If I beat you at wrestlino, will you do as I say?
I'll take you on anytime.
You serious?
Sure
Interesting.
Outside!
If I win, you'll do as I say.
Sure. If you win even one round.
Don't, Kin - chan!
You can't beat him!
Let him fight!
I'll be witness to this fight!
Kintaro, I'll watch.
All right?
Thank you.
All right with you?
Sure.
What a fool.
He'll never win.
Back to the hospital!
He might never come out again!
Stop Kin - chan! You're still hurt!
Once more!
Fight Kin - chan!
Don't give up!
Not yet!
Kintaro!
Get up!
Go, Kintaro!
Once more...!
One more time...
Stop them! He'll die!
Kintaro!
Is this all your worth?
Are you going to let Ryunosuke and me down?
That's crazy, Mom!
Kintaro!
Once more...
You sure got guts. I respect you.
You win.
What do you mean?
I'll draw up a 24 - hour schedule.
Thank you..
We've got a responsibility to finish the job.
Let's work together...
and enjoy the feeling that comes from finishing.
We'll do it!
I've never seen a salaryman like you.
Cramming?
Kinda.
Here's the round- the-clock shift assignments.
Sir.
Thank you.
Are you friendly with, Misuzu?
So are you.
She was my dream girl.
I' ve lost.
If Mlsuzu fell for you, you must be something.
Who knows?
By the way...
Will/you do i something for me?
Give this to the Chairman.
You're returning it?!
I didn' tdeserve money.
But I'll go bankrupt if I return it.
So I'd like more jobs from Yamato.
Fine, I'll tell Mr. Yamato.
If there are more like you,
I'll enjoy working with Yamato.
I'd give my life for you.
Thanks.
You're left - handed?!
Mr. Yamato, we'll make the deadline!
Well done.
It was a fine experience.
Only stick to it till the end.
What a happy smile. Well done, Kintaro!
Thank you, ma'am.
He gave it back.
Why?
He wants more work from Yamato.
Please help him!
All right.
I'll give Hitotsubashi more work.
Thank you. sir!
Chairman...
There's more?
Being a salaryman is fun!
I'll do my best!
Excuse me.
What was that?!
Ryunosuke, Kintaro's matured a little more.
Kintaro's given me a fine dream to work for.
I saw you work. You're pretty good.
But as your rival, I'll never lose to you.
Is that so?
I look forward to it.