Kintaro, Congratulations!
Congrats!
I owe it all to everyone's help. Thank you.
You report back to Sales next week.
Yes.
Manager Tanaka really missed you.
- Really! - Here.
Stupid! With Kintaro working under me,
I get so nervous!
I can't sleep nights.
Never a dull moment!
Love your clumsiest workers best!
You rat!
"Clumsy", is that me?
That's right.
Who else is there?
True.
Though I'm clumsy, I'll be working here once more!
I'll take care of you.
Hot shot.
Kintaro..
While you were in the field, I made great strides, too.
How?
Brace yourself...
Manager Kanai, of Belle Wear apparel manufacturer..
He asked me, to find a site for their new store!)
Is that so?!
Really?
Wow!
{a6} tsubo - Japanese unit of measure for area But they only need a thousand - tsubo lot.
And the best lot I found is 2,000 tsubo.
You need another project for the other 1,000 tsubo?
Right. The landowner will only sell the entire 2,000.
So next week, we'll hunt for another client!
That'll be your first assignment.
If we succeed, we can build Manager Kanai's new store!
That's great!
Let's work hard from next week!
Let's drink!
Let drink another toast.
Drink, Maeda!
Never mind.
You're lucky things are going well.
What's wrong?
I'm handling work for Mr. Takatsukasa.
The design for the Station City?
I can't get an approval for it.
I'm sorry. My work isn't good enough.
It's not your fault. It's my project.
I'll be going now.
Come on. Maeda!
I've got to redo the plans by next week.
From now?
I'll work through the weekend.
I'll help.
Never mind, Masumi.
- Let's go. - Really!
See you.
Good luck!
Goodnight.
I bet he doesn't get along with Takatsukasa.
It's unusual for you to call me.
He got control of that work site, didn't he?
Yajlma Kintaro? Who would've thought it?
Pretty persistent.
He bugs me.
You're really concerned about him, aren't you?
I don't know why he bothers you so much.
You wouldn't understand.
Don't bother with that punk salary man.
Just fulfill your own ambition.
What ambition?
Don't you want to control Yamato Construction?
Yajima Kintaro's not in your league!
Papa...
Work site!!
I'm finished there.
Right, Ryuta?!
It's a great morning!
Great morning!
Morning.
Did she see a snake?
How come?
Kintaro, you did well!
I commend you! Good work!
Thanks to you.
Let's eat.
- Let's eat. - Let's eat.
Hey!
Why bathe in the morning?
I was too tired last night.
And l was so busy I didn't have time to bathe.
Yuck!
I feel great now! Breakfast is delicious.
Delicious!
He saw you naked again?
No, he showed himself to me!
I didn't!
You pervert!
Please believe me. I didn't show myself.
It doesn't matter. No harm done.
Mom! Don't be crude.
You're the one who brought it up.
Right?
Excuse me!
Company.
Hello. Is Kin - chan in?
Yes. Why?
I thought he might be relaxing on his day off.
You have company.
Me?
From what bar?
I thought Kin - chan might be relaxing on his day off.
Misuzu?!
Good morning, Kin-chan.
I love that vibrant look.
I just bathed.
Silly. I meant the look of a man who succeeds.
Valentine's Day chocolates full of love.
Thank you!
Morning, Ryuta.
I have some for you, too.
Valentine's Day chocolates.
Thank you.
Have Big Sister open it for you.
Great, huh?
Thanks for everything.
You were wonderful at the work site.
Thank you.
Remember I said I was a geisha?
I run a club now.
Do you dislike such women?
Why?
Just curious. Do you dislike them?
Not at all.
Really?
Thank you.
It's a nice day. Shall we take Ryuta for a walk?
Imagine, the proprietress of a top Ginza club...!
Kintaro's a credit to his sex!
Valentines Day chocolates, even!
Masuml. you can't be wasting time, can you?
What do you mean?
Playing dumb, are you?
Butt out!
No, Ryuta! You just had breakfastl
Come on! Let him have some.
No! He has no mother so someone has to teach him.
Since when are you Ryuta's mother?
Let's see.
This is homemade!
These are made much better.
> Why?!
You're my daughter. But something's missing.
Hello!
It's Mama!
They keep coming!
Good morning, Ryuta. I bought you shoes.
These should fit.
Hello, Teacher!
Hello.
Kintaro...
Nice to see you!
Hello.
Where'd you get these, Ryuta?
Thy them on.
She bought shoes for you?
They're perfect. We were about to go for a walk.
Did you ask for shoes?
No. His feet seemed to hurt.
So when I checked, he'd outgrown his shoes.
Children grow rapidly at this age.
I didn't realize it.
How are they. Ryuta?
Okay?
Good!
Thank you!
All these adults, and no one noticed his feet was hurt!
Teacher, please continue to look after Ryuta.
Of course.
Mom didn't notice, either.
What was that?
Nothing.
How much were they? I'll pay for them.
It's all right, they're a birthday gift.
Birthday?!
Did you forget, too?
You poor thing, Ryuta.
It's perfect. I brought homemade chocolates.
Let's have a party.
Fine! Great idea!
I'll cook!
What?
I'll help.
Then it's all right.
What would you like to eat?
Beef stew? That's my specialty.
How about mixed sushi? That's my specialty.
What's Masumi's specialty?
Er...
What would you like to eat?
I'm sorry, but...
I'm going to Izu with Ryuta now.
Izu? Why?
I was so busy, I forgot all about Ryuta's birthday.
Ryuta's birthday is on Akemi's death anniversary.
Thats right!
We're going to visit Akemi's grave.
Yes, that's best. Go.
Teacher, thank you for the shoes.
Misuzu, I'm sorry we couldn't go on that walk.
Come on, Ryuta.
Take care.
He didn't say a word to me.
Kin - chan still loves his late wife.
There might be no room for us.
I'll drop you off.
No...
That's why I like Kintaro.
I'm sorry. I'll say good - bye here.
Akemi.
Ryuta's five now.
Look. See how healthy he is.
I'll do my best, too.
Good morning!
Kin - chan, good morning.
Good morning.
Here.
What's this?
Valentine's Day chocolates from me.
Thank you!
Here, Manager...
Kazue, this is all?
Yes. Obligatory chocolates.
It's fine that you're so frank about it!
Do your best, Kin - chan!
I'll be counting on you!
I'll fix some, coffee!
No time!
If we don't find a project for for the other 1,000 tsubo,
we'll lose the contract for Belle Wear's new building.
Drink my coffee first.
No time! C'mon, Kintaro!
- Morning, Kin - chan!
- Morning! - Morning, Kin - chan!
Here, chocolates.
Thank you.
Come on, Kintaro!
Bye!
Ryunosuke, Happy Valentines Day.
Shaped like gold bars! It'll bring good luck!
Thank you!
Never mind that, Ryunosuke.
Did you see this?
Yamato Construction over 100 billion yen in debt.
Will it be all right?
The entire industry is hurting.
We're no exception.
Are you doing something about it?
No, nothing. I'm just sticking it out.
Will that improve things?
I can't say.
Times are hard everywhere.
That reminds me.
I saw former Director Oshima at Showa Bank.
Oshima?
Isn't Showa Bank Yamato's main bank?
He seems to go there often.
Isn't Oshima still employed here?
Is It safe?! You've got to watch out for that guy!
I know.
I even make you worry! I'm sorry.
C'mon, were friends.
Ryunosuke. Don't be too proud.
If you ever need money let me know now.
Thank you.
Too bad this isn't real.
Sorry about that.
Just joking!
Whats wrong with it? I don't understand!
How can we fix it if they won't tell us?!
The client doesn't know design.
He just has a vague concept in mind.
Isn't it our job
to turn his concept into a concrete plan?
Of course.
Mr. Maeda, frankly, your design has no originality.
That's probably why the client doesn't like.
He wanted to go to an architectural firm,
but I persuaded him to let us design it.
This kind of ordinary design won't cut it!
Manager..!
That's what the client says. I agree with him.
All right.
I'll do it over.
Never mind.
What do you mean?
I'm giving this to someone else.
I'm sorry, but I think it's too much for you.
That's my decision.
Wait! Give me another, chance!
Sir! Please!
It's what the client wants. Give it up.
Have some of Asami's love.
Good?
- Delicious! - Mine, too.
Which is better? ^
They're both good.
Choose!
What're you doing?
Long time no see!
For you.
Thank you.
None for me?!
Thanks you for working so hard.
Coffee.
Thank you.
Everything's for Kin - chan!
We're going out for shabu - shabu.
Join us?
NO!
Kintaro's working overtime with me!
Slave- driver!
Slave - driver?!
Too bad.
Sorry.
Next time, then.
Mr. Tanaka, the Chairman wants you.
Me?
Mr. Yajima, too.
Excuse me!
You asked to see us, sir?
Sit there.
Listen to Mr. Takatsukasa.
About Belle Wear's new store...
They need only 1,000 tsubo, but you found a 2,000 - tsubo lot?
We're looking for a project for the remaining 1,000 tsubo.
So you haven't found one, yet?
I have a client who's looklna for a 2,000 - tsubo lot.
It's a private general hospital.
So what?
Won't you let them have that lot?
What??
I'm sure you know...
construction costs will be higher for the hospital...
than for two separate buildings on a split-up lot.
It'll mean more profits for us.
But Belle Wear was already promised that 1, 000 tsubo.
But the other half hasn't been bought.
That's why we're tryinq to find a client.
If you fail, the landowner won't sell it to you, right?
We'll find a project!
One that will be profitable for us!
There's already a client who needs the entire lot.
It will please both client and landowner.
And the boon to our company will be great.
Isn't that best for all concerned?
Don't you care about how hard we worked...
or how Belle Wear depends on this?!
Tanaka-san!
Let's think of Yamato Construction first!
Mr. Yamato...
How do you feel about this?
Give the 2,000 - tsubo lot to Mr. Takatsukasa.
But what about the store for Belle Wear?!
Find them another lot.
Mr. Takatsukasa. you re...!
It's for the company.
You should thank me, not resent me.
What?!
Tanaka-san!
Let's find another site.
Never mind. I'll find a good site.
He doesn't care what people think.
He could care less about other people!
I bet he doesn't have a single friend!
It can't be helped.
Let's look for another site!
Doesn't it make you mad, Kintaro?
I'm mad, too!
But it can t be helped!
So what?!
What's wrong?
Arguing?
No.
He got us!
Who?
Takatsukasa!
You, too?
What do you mean?
I was taken off the Station City project.
How come?
He said my designs lacked originality.
I guess it means I have no talent.
That's not true!
Don't try to console me!
I'm not!
Good design is more than pretentious novelty.
Didn't you try to create the most comfortable environment?
He never considered the practical aspect of it.
You do have talent!
I know you do.
Let's go for a drink and forget!
Mr. Maeda's taking it pretty hard.
Being bumped from a project is a big mark against you.
Even Mr. Tanaka feels sad.
Uncle, one more song!
You're drunk!
Sing with me, Erika.
I don't want to!
C'mon, leave her alone!
Turn the volume down!
C,mon, it's loud!
Kimie!
Sure, I'm just a salary man architect!
It can't be helped!
We're salary men!
All I'm good for is design.
If I'm denied that,
am I finished?!
Tanaka .
Do you know how I feel?!
I stand to lose the project I took three years to land!
Just because you lost to Takatsukasa...!
So did you!
- You're the one!
I wasn't always like this.
I was full of new ideas and creativity.
I had the drive once to make it happen.
But the company demanded cost - effective designs,
that would only net the greatest profits.
So I complied with company demands.
my designs may have become conservative and ordinary.
That doesn't sound like you at all.
That's right.
What happened to your usual confidence?!
How am I supposed to have confidence?
Both the client and Mr. Takatsukasa...
lowered the boom on me!
It's over.
Don't drink like that!
Mr. Maeda.
You shouldn't give up on yourself.
What's this, Maeda?!
You're crying?!
You're a fool.
Quit it, Maeda!
Can't you take it?!
Excuse me.
Good for hangovers.
Thanks, Kazue.
Too bad he was so enthusiastic, too.
Don't worry, we'll try again!
Mr. Tanaka, I'd like discuss the transfer of the property to the general hospital.
All right.
I'll be waiting.
Mr. Takatsukasa.
What?
I'd like speak to you.
Won't you give Mr. Maeda one more chance?
What're you talking about?
Please give him one more chance with the design.
You're making a mistake.
The client requested his removal.
It's not for you to interfere.
Mr. Maeda risked...!
He risked his own life to save my son's!
No matter what his situation
he's always willing to help me.
Please.
Give Mr. Maeda another chance.
Yajima...
Frankly, Maeda has no talent.
The client realized that. There's nothing I can do.
Please!
Give Mr. Maeda one more chance!
Please!
Yajima...
How can you fight so hard for such an incompetent?
We work for the same company.
We're co - workers!
Why can't you care about your friend?
Why are you so cold to your friend?!
How can you care so much about that hopeless guy?
To me...
Friends are my life!
That's your weakness.
You may be a brilliant elite.
But...
You can't make friends!
It's okay, Kintaro!
It's NOT okay!
It's NOT!
That's what you want?
Not to have a single friend you can trust?!
Doesn't that bother you?
None of your business.
Kintaro...
Thank you!
I feel better now!
I'm sorry for butting in.
No such thing.
Really, thanks.
Kintaro.
For you, I'd lay down my life.
What an exaggeration!
I mean it.
Kintaro...
I'd lay down my life for you too.
You say that so easily.
Men are so simple - minded.
We're simple - minded fools! Right, Tanaka?
Here's to three fools!
Just three?
Wanna be a fool, too?
Of course.
Here's to four fools!
Kintaro, being the worst, you say it.
Come on.
Cheers!
That's what you want?!
Not to have a single friend you can trust?!
Doesn't that bother you?!
Will you get me an appointment with Mr. Yamato?
Why?
I want to present a proposal.
Sure.
I'm going to use Mr. Yamato.
Are you in contact with Mr. Oshima?
Yes, as you say we can't worry about what others think.
Wait. What's come over you..?
Welcome home.
You scared me! You're still up?
We're home.
Can't I be up?
Who said you couldn't?
Were you drinking?
A little.
How carefree.
Sorry to be late.
What's bothering you?
Yamato Construction...
Over 100 billion in debt?!
I knew things were bad, but this...?!
Ryunosuke's struggling with it.
You've got to open your eyes!
This is no time to be drinking!
Good morning, sir.
What's today's schedule?
In the morning, a magazine reporter's coming.
Then lunch with the president of Higashi Kanto Bank.
Then what?
Nothing as yet.
Development Manager Takatsukasa asked to present a plan to you.
Will you see him?
Takatsukasa?
We're terribly sorry!
Find another site?!
We're sorry!
We'll find a much better site!
I agreed because of that site!
We're sorry!
What's going on, anyway?!
Please forgive us!
I'm appalled! I trusted you!
We're sorry!
Do you think apologies will help?!
We'll find another site right away!
How can I trust you after you betrayed me?!
Please believe me! Please!
Forget about the site!
I'm cutting my ties with your company!
Sir! Please!
Let go! Get out!
Sir!
Please forgive us!
I never want to see you again!
Let me introduce you.
Ms. Nakamura Kayo...
A major stockholder and my confidante.
How do you do?
Nice to meet you.
I'm Development Manager, Takatsukasa.
I've heard a lot about you.
Thank you for approving the general hospital plan.
We'll begin construction at once.
I see.
Sit there.
Granny, sit here.
What's your new proposal?
I have a new vision for the 21st Century...
concerning highway and railroad projects.
which Yamato Construction should undertake.
What's wrong?
I guess so.
Maybe pachinko* will help us forget our troubles. *arcade center
Sir...
Pachinko shops are near train stations,
and they're all three stories tall, at most.
You're right.
How about renovatlng these into game center complexes.
Kintaro!
No good?
You're no ordinary fool after all!
In other words, from now on
we must shift to software.
For example, several state projects are underway...
to deal with chronic traffic problems.
There's the traffic report transmission system,
the nonstop automatic toll - collection system.
or the back - up roads system.
This incorporates communications technology
with the highway and train systems.
I've brought several proposals describing
how Yamato Construction can capitalize on these.
Fine! I'll have a look at them.
Thank you, sir.
Excuse me.
Takatsukasa seems to be a pretty sharp cookie.
But he's quite a louse.
That's why, it'll be interesting!
How can you make that louse useful to us?
That'll depend on your skills, Ryunosuke.
Next to you, I'm just a first - grader!
Be it Kintaro or Takatsukasa,
Yamato's got promising workers.
Ryunosuke.
Workers are a company's treasure.
Yes. Teacher!
Well done!
Look, Kintaro.
What's this?
Pachinko parlors!
They're almost always In the best locations near stations.
And you said, they're all 3 stories high at most.
We could renovate these into tall buildings!
If we target all the regional cities throughout Japan...
We'll make trillions of yen!
Trillions?!
That's terrific idea! You're a genius!
Now we'll show that Takatsukasal!
This was, Kin- chan's idea?
It's awesome!
Really?
Renovations of pachinko parlors throughout Japan.
Construction companies must plan whole areas now.
Don't pachinko parlors have ties with other businesses?
If we convince the bosses,
everything might fall into place.
Right! Here's what those buildings will consist of.
First story, the pachinko parlor that owns the building.
2nd story - club, 3rd - cabaret,
4th story - Turkish bath...
Stupid! Don't follow your own tastes.
Is that all you can think of?
What else is there?
How about a department store?
Department store?
Turn the building into a leisure department store.
Great!
2nd story, game center, 3rd story, bowling alley!
With boutiques and restaurants.
We need one more attraction, though.
Horse racing.
Horse racing?!
An off -track betting booth.
You can buy racing newspapers anywhere,
but only big cities have betting booths.
I see.
Where do bettors with racing newspapers
buy betting tickets?
At the neighborhood bars.
Let the racetracks lease floors 2 - 3...
as off-track betting centers?!
The racetracks always wanted betting centers.
But can pachinko and race tracks join together?
With bars involved, won't it be dangerous?
Worry about that later!
First, lets get pachinko and racetracks together.
Horseracing's more popular than pachinko now.
If this works, the customers will pour in!
Kintaro, I take it back! You're not incompetent!
You're not just a bodyguard!
Don't get so excited!
We've got to be cool about this!
Fools!
I can already see all of Japan's pachinko parlors...
converted into amusement buildings!
Calm down!
I'll write a presentation! You think up other clients!
Right.
I'm getting excited, too.
It's our own idea..
We've got to pull together and make this work!
Naturally!
Let's see how we can connect with pachinko bosses!
Let's go drinking for good luck!
Right!
Same as always!
I'd better not go.
Why?
Don't spoil the party!
I have to pick Ryuta up.
Oh, Ryuta-kun?
I can pick him up.
I can't depend on others all the time.
I'm sorry.
It can't be helped.
I'm sorry!
Bye!
I'll never lose to you.
That's the spirit, Yajima.