I will defend you.
If you don't change, I will stop waiting for you.
You have no right to choose.
Since you've taken up his defence,
does it mean you've forgiven your husband for his adultery?
- Such a question is... - This is unrelated to personal feelings.
As for the alleged bribery,
I will definitely prove my innocence.
I will fight this together with my family and the people who believe in me.
We will end the press conference.
Madam, do you believe in your husband?
Will you not divorce because you have children?
The number you have dialed is currently unavailable.
I won't evade this anymore.
From now on,
I don't want to lie to my feelings and live like that anymore.
[Answer]
I've always liked you.
Ever since the legal apprenticeship.
All the time.
I want to talk to you properly for once.
Tonight, at 7 pm,
I will wait for you at the firm's rooftop.
If you don't feel like it, you don't have to come.
I will forget this too.
See you.
Sorry, the press conference is over.
[Delete]
Do you want to delete this call history? - Yes
I'm sorry, but
I still can't agree with the idea
of your wife defending you.
Madam, you will get caught up in this.
This means you're going up against someone so tough, right?
Nanbara Jiro.
Nanbara Jiro
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
The incumbent Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary.
We got a tip-off from a certain informant.
#7 Erased Truth
Informant?
Information that Nanbara received a huge slush fund from an IT company, Idens,
and assigned the company to the special economic zone.
To cover up his own corruption,
Nanbara used Tomioka Seikou
to pin the bribery on Hasumi. That's what we think.
In the first place, why did only you two investigate this?
Without conclusive evidence, the higher-ups can crush this matter.
You don't know the identity of the informant?
That's right. The last time he contacted me, he said that
he has documents which are evidence of Nanbara's corruption.
- Documents? - Just before those were handed over,
I was arrested.
Then, to expose Nanbara's corruption,
we have to contact this informant
and obtain those documents.
There's no other way for now.
Kyoko-san, thank you very much.
- Please stop, Mother-in-law. - No.
For believing in Soichiro and defending him,
I'm really grateful to you.
Ayaka, it's fine. Thanks.
- Good night, Ayaka. - Good night.
Why don't you go and take a bath?
What? No, it's okay. I'll send you back.
It's fine. Go and take your bath.
Then, take care on your way home.
Say, what do the kids think?
Of you defending Soichiro.
They seem to have accepted it.
Um, but Mother-in-law.
I'm defending Soichiro-san
not because I believed in him.
It's to decide whether I can trust him,
for the kids and myself,
so I decided to get involved in this case.
Nevertheless, thank you.
For not forsaking the possibility of believing in him.
Hasumi Soichiro: Acceptance of Bribe Case Outline
Can you really find any convincing argument or evidence for your husband's trial?
There are only 2 weeks left to the trial.
Sorry, I will not inconvenience you.
If my husband is found innocent, it will bring publicity to the firm.
Since you said that much, I gave my approval.
The prosecution will stake their prestige to find your husband guilty.
They will make you, his representing lawyer, their enemy too.
The public won't sympathise with a wife who protects her husband who cheated on her.
This is very disadvantageous to your hiring.
Isn't it ridiculous that your life will be messed up by your husband again?
- Shall I come later? - It's fine. I was waiting. Come in.
Anyway, since you've taken up the case, you have to win it.
Handle your work in the firm properly.
- Yes. - The case I mentioned...
- Let Hasumi-sensei be second chair. - No, I'll let Asahi-sensei do it.
No, this is an important client, right?
The three of you shall work on it.
We'll go and meet the client so take a look at the materials.
Got it.
I didn't tell you about defending my husband...
Oh, it's fine. I heard from Kamiyama-sensei.
We will leave at 11 am.
Hasumi-sensei, you're also working on Tada-sensei's case, right?
- I'm nervous. - Nervous? That's unusual for you.
But the client is Kenmochi Hiromitsu, you know.
The charismatic president of that super famous IT company, Ken's Land.
- Is that so? - I'm going to fall over.
Good afternoon. We're from Kamiyama & Tada Law Firm.
Ah, hello, I'm Kenmochi.
Kenmochi Hiromitsu
Ken's Land, President
I've been waiting.
I'm honoured to meet you.
I follow all your social media accounts.
Kenmochi-san, this is your house, right?
I grew up in the countryside so this kind of house relaxes me.
This way please.
Just to confirm your request, you're claiming that this film
used you as the model for its main character?
Yes. The film used me without permission and even spread terrible lies about me.
Lies? Which part?
Everything about my private life.
How is it? Did you capture it? Did you capture it?
The main character living in an old Japanese-style house is all a performance,
and actually stays in a high-class apartment in Roppongi.
He's surrounded by ostentatious furniture and has a terrible fashion sense.
He makes advances on celebrities and does whatever he wants, etc.
I manage a shopping website for apparel and interior fixtures so
my lifestyle is linked to the image of my products.
But because of this film,
the hashtag "the tackiest Kenmochi wins" appeared and
came under fire on social media.
My stock price dropped too and I made a loss of 100 billion yen.
I went to the film's production company to protest but
we couldn't reach an agreement.
That's why I decided to sue the company for defamation.
- I understand. - The market rate of the damages is...
I'm not seeking damages. Instead...
I want them to stop screening the film
and show an apology video on my video website.
Without damages, you're thinking how you can get a contingent fee, right?
- No. - Of course, I will pay the retainer fee.
And if you win the lawsuit for me,
I will change my consulting lawyer to your firm's.
Please work hard to meet my expectations.
Ken's Land, where Kenmochi Hiromitsu serves as a representative,
is expanding to a wide range of other businesses besides the shopping website.
Its annual sales of the previous fiscal year is 95 billion.
Awesome.
It'll be great if we can become the consulting lawyers.
The film's production company quickly contacted us and I met with them.
The producer denies everything.
Well, well, using Kenmochi-san
Futami Yoshiro
"New Rich" Producer Production company's president
as the model is unthinkable.
Our theme is "success from a fall".
Well, the settings might have
a few similar aspects by coincidence.
But if you watch the film, I think you can understand that
they're totally different persons.
It's a small film production company with few achievements.
Before this film, its financial status wasn't good either.
In order to make the film a hit,
they might have used Kenmochi-san's popularity.
If we can prove that this film used Kenmochi-san as the model,
it's our win.
If we get the contract to be his consulting lawyers, I'll give out bonuses.
- Excuse me, I'm Asahi. - Oh, hello.
Sorry, I need to take some photos today.
I think about my business here.
- Did you make this yourself too? - Yeah.
Wow, amazing. All right.
I heard that you're Kenmochi-san's university friend.
Did these people come and ask you...
These are social media accounts of the film's staff.
I obtained the secret accounts and locked accounts too.
You're scary, but amazing. Check the accounts of all the staff.
See if there's any remarks that might prove they used Kenmochi-san as the model.
President, this is terrible! It's written online that your living
in an old Japanese-style house is a lie.
Very good. Let them flame me more.
- This is great. - Stop.
Doesn't this look similar?
Ah, it does.
They totally used Kenmochi-san as the model.
I agree.
Then, I will put together the similarities we've found so far.
Sorry, I'll leave first.
Okay.
No matter what Hasumi-sensei says,
she must be worried about her husband.
She's taken up such a difficult defence all by herself.
Who knows? Hey.
Pass that file.
Tada-sensei, it's still too early to give up.
Help Hasumi-sensei and show her your good points.
Please pass the file!
Okay.
[Public Prosecutors Office]
Has the informant contacted him after that?
No, not yet.
Madam, can you make sure Hasumi-san doesn't do anything reckless?
What?
He doesn't listen to me at all.
It'll be dangerous if he goes to meet Nanbara directly again.
Got it.
The administrative officer is inside
so please be careful not to reveal our relationship.
Okay.
What's the matter?
I thought that I should introduce him today.
Do you remember him?
Yoshimura whom you totally defeated previously.
Yoshimura Yusuke
Prosecutor
He's been transferred to Special Investigation now
so I think I will let him work together with Sasaki.
I heard that you applied to the courthouse for a postponement of the trial.
I was asked for an opinion,
and I answered that it's not necessary.
There's only half a month before the trial.
I just took over the defence so there isn't enough time to prepare.
- That's your own circumstances. - Please wait.
In any case, that is up to the courthouse to decide.
Do you intend to pull strings with the courthouse?
No, no, we don't have so much power.
Who do you think the prosecution are?
This is a case that I'm handling.
I will do it my own way.
Please don't do anything without permission.
I will report to Chief Wakisaka that you said that.
Does Wakisaka-san suspect Sasaki-san?
- Probably. - Then...
Why doesn't he take him off the case?
In order to find out our movements,
he deliberately lets him go free?
Wakisaka might have some ulterior motives.
Sasaki-san was worried that you're behaving recklessly.
My ultimate goal isn't to prove my innocence,
but to expose Nanbara's illegal deeds.
To achieve that, I have to do something even if it means taking risks.
What if the informant doesn't contact you?
If you don't receive those documents, there's no other evidence, right?
The informant will contact me. I've made my move.
Move?
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Hello, Tada-kun?
Sorry, but when you've finished putting together the files today,
can you email them to me?
Got it. Are you all still working? I will go too.
No, it's fine. We're finishing soon.
Yes, I'm counting on you.
Since she said that she will come, you should let her come.
If you'd like, we can leave.
Check the email. I'll go and take the materials.
Okay.
Has he really given up on Hasumi-sensei?
Who knows?
Madoka-san, the other day,
you said that you ran away from your husband who abused you, right?
And that I'd better not get involved with you.
- So what? - It's not that I'm afraid.
Well, I knew that you were only joking.
Rather than joking, it was
more like you were rejecting me in a roundabout way. Or not.
Sorry, can you pass that file over there?
Here you go.
In other words,
I won't probe into your matters anymore so please rest assured.
My feelings haven't changed. I'll just stop being persistent.
You know nothing about me. How can you say that?
I just don't know the physical background.
I've been watching you yourself from the start.
Ah, let's drink something.
Shall I go and buy...? Yeah.
[Courthouse]
Osaki Koki
Judge
Silence.
Well then, the plaintiff's counsel may begin.
Yes. Kenmochi-san,
why did you think that you were the model for the film's main character?
There are many similarities.
Like me, the main character is a representative of an IT company and
the business contents are the same too.
Our ages are close, and our physiques and glasses are similar too.
Your Honour, may I show the images of plaintiff's exhibit no. 7?
Go ahead.
Kenmochi-san, can you explain what these images are?
These are all photos of my house.
And these are images of the film's main character's house.
Both are the so-called old Japanese-style houses,
and their hearths, furnaces and vegetable gardens are the same.
Kenmochi-san, did you disclose to the public that you live in
- an old Japanese-style house? - Of course.
I talk about it on TV and in interviews,
and I often post photos on social media too.
Speaking of a famous IT company president who lives in an old Japanese-style house,
it has to be me.
No, it's all a coincidence.
As for the old Japanese-style house, when I was planning the project,
I was travelling. There, the idea flashed upon me.
I didn't use Kenmochi-san as the model.
I will play plaintiff's exhibit no. 10 which was shown earlier.
In the film, the main character stands on his head before a meeting.
What's the purpose of this direction?
When he does that, he will have a clear mind to go to his meeting.
So through this, we added originality to the main character's personality.
Next, this is a documentary programme of Kenmochi-san that was aired previously.
Kenmochi-san stands on his head for 5 minutes before
important meetings to clear his mind.
This is totally the same. Is it a coincidence?
Oh, Kenmochi-san does that too?
This is my habit. I stand on my head before meetings.
Well, this is totally a coincidence. Ha ha ha...
Let me ask you again. When you were writing the script for this film,
did you receive a request to use Kenmochi-san as the model?
Tadokoro Shoji
Scriptwriter
No, I was told to write an original story.
Before writing the script, you met with Kenmochi-san's friends
and interviewed Kenmochi-san himself, didn't you?
Isn't it so that you can use Kenmochi-san as the model?
I only interviewed what kind of people the friends of IT companies' presidents are.
In an invisible world of the Internet,
how the friends think of the main character who's crazy for money,
how they view him, and in depicting the emotional complexities...
When we say one thing, they respond with another.
They knew what they were doing. Well, we expected that though.
Well, hello there.
Everyone, thanks for your hard work. Continue to attack us with this momentum
and do your best to prolong this as much as possible.
This is the one.
Film "New Rich" Is an Unusual Hit! Number 1 for 3 Consecutive Weeks!
The opposing party is using this trial to promote the film.
Perhaps, they were aiming for viral marketing from the start.
You mean, it's wiser to ignore them?
We will fight them thoroughly.
The longer the trial is prolonged, the more people might watch the film
so we wanted to check with you.
My parents are farmers.
They're people who sweat to grow vegetables honestly and
couldn't acknowledge my work at first.
It took some time to explain to them
and recently, they finally began to understand my work.
But that was ruined by just one film.
My mother
called me while crying on the phone.
The power of visuals is strong.
Images and videos that are shown with intention
can become weapons that break a person's heart.
That night was not the first time
Prosecutor Hasumi and I had an affair.
I'm sorry to his wife, but he showed his true self to only me.
Please make way. Mom.
I will never forgive them.
I've always liked you.
Ever since the legal apprenticeship. All the time.
She cried in front of me.
Over here.
- Sorry I'm late. - The informant contacted me.
The informant contacted me.
He will pass me the evidential documents tomorrow.
Really?
With this, I can expose Nanbara's corruption.
The press conference produced results earlier than we expected.
The press conference produced results?
That was to call out the informant.
As for the alleged bribery, I will definitely prove my innocence.
I will fight this together with my family
and the people who believe in me.
I wanted to speak at a public place that I haven't given up yet.
But you said that you wanted to hold the press conference for the kids.
So that the mass media won't come to our house.
- Of course, that's one of the aims too. - One of the aims too?
Well then, please excuse me.
I'll contact you again tomorrow.
Did you use your family again?
Like the time you used me to make Wakisaka lose his position.
No. I'm sorry that I didn't explain to you beforehand.
I didn't mean to keep it from you. Avoiding a leak of important matters
has become a habit. It's like an occupational disease.
I understand, but I became your lawyer so that
you can tell me everything. At this rate, I can't trust you.
I was about to tell you last night, but someone called you.
That man, Tada.
Huh? What?
That phone call was about work.
Well, who knows?
I wonder if he might be interested in you.
What are you saying?
You don't know what kind of feelings I've been living with
since you were arrested, do you?
Even long before that...
- What? - That's enough.
- Even long before what? - I don't want to say it.
You won't tell me your true feelings, huh?
What?
You're a perfectionist, good wife and mother, and always correct.
You have never complained to me.
Did you think of me that way?
Is that why you never showed your true self to me?
- You only showed your true self to her... - That interview is a lie!
I'm going back to work.
Your face is scary.
- Oh, really? - What happened?
Somehow, I think that I'm rapidly becoming a nasty woman.
I was about to tell my husband that I've been sacrificing myself
for the family for 16 years before he was arrested.
I wanted to say I quit the job that I liked,
raised the kids, followed him when he was transferred
and protected the family, but he destroyed everything.
You should have told him.
You should consider Tada-sensei as one of your choices too.
If you're attracted to him, you should forget about
your family and kids and just jump right in.
That isn't me.
That is you.
The person you think you want to be is you.
Then, I'll tell you my real feelings.
Regarding Tada-kun...
I really saw him as only a brother in the past.
But after we met again,
I started to see him differently in many ways.
If I had noticed that when I was younger,
I might have a different life with Tada-kun.
What about you, Madoka-san?
Have you become the person you wanted to be?
No, I hate myself.
- There's no continuation. - No?
Why did Toyama Aki-san lie?
What?
Like your husband said, if she was lying in the interview,
there should be a reason.
One possibility is that
my husband is the one who lied.
Or...
She had an unrequited love and
she fulfilled her feelings once, but
when she saw your husband who cherished his family,
she felt frustrated and lied.
Have you never thought of meeting Toyama Aki-san?
What? I don't want to do that.
If you avoid a confrontation,
you won't find out the truth.
[Maicho Shinbun Company]
- Toyama Aki already quit. - She quit?
Uemori Takaaki
Maicho Shinbun, Aki's former boss
Right after that interview appeared.
She should have waited quietly for the matter to blow over.
She must have felt very bitter towards your husband.
Um, what kind of person was Toyama-san?
Well, she was an outstanding journalist, passionate about work.
That's why it's frustrating.
Before the article of her and your husband came out,
she was covering a major case all by herself,
working hard and was about to publish an article.
Excuse me. I've gathered the cases that are similar to Kenmochi-san's lawsuit.
- Oh. - Did you find any breakthrough strategy?
No, but we have to do something.
If this falls through, copycats will rapidly appear.
The film has really become a hit.
- The goods seem to be selling well too. - Goods?
The strange clothes that the main character wears in the film
are sold online on the film's website, apparently.
Sold online?
It seems that those are selling very well.
It has become a hot topic on social media. Look at this.
This is turning out just as the producer wished.
Hey.
This is it!
We've been going after the wrong thing.
- Product placement? - Yes.
Advertising with company names and products in films and dramas.
This film gathered sponsors and raised money by this method.
In this film, 23 actual products were used.
The problem is this is a indie film without any famous actors.
Why would it have so many sponsors?
Because they explained to the sponsors that it's a film about the famous
IT company president, Kenmochi-san, so it will definitely be a hit.
If we can obtain such a testimony, we can prove they intentionally used
Kenmochi-san as the model to make the film.
What's left is how we can make the sponsors testify.
If they testify and the screening is ceased, the sponsors will be troubled.
If we mess this up, there's no other way out.
We have to proceed carefully.
Excuse me. Sorry to disturb you during a meeting.
Hasumi-sensei.
He's here.
- Sorry to disturb you at work. - What's wrong?
Excuse me. My name is Kamiyama.
- I'm Hasumi. Thank you for helping my wife. - I'm honoured to meet you.
It's impossible to win his lawsuit. He's inconveniencing us.
But if he wins, he can go back to the Public Prosecutors Office.
It's within her calculation.
As expected of Kamiyama-quality.
Excuse me.
What's wrong? You're meeting the informant at 6 pm, right?
The prosecution are following me.
- What? - They're keeping watch outside the firm now.
I want to lose them. Can you help me?
Sorry, but I have to step out for a while.
- I'm sorry, when we're busy. - No, it's fine.
- I'll get my things. You can go down first. - Okay.
If you'll excuse me.
Do you know?
That by taking up your defence,
she has placed herself in a disadvantageous position in the firm.
She won't say anything to you, huh?
I don't think that
you can make her happy.
That might be true.
But...
How is that related to you?
Why don't you mind your own business
and fulfill your own work duties?
You're struggling with your current case, aren't you?
I need you to investigate something immediately.
- They're following. - Yeah.
Regarding last evening,
you said I don't tell you my true feelings.
Never mind that now.
- Please go. - What?
- Hurry, to the left! - Ah, okay.
- To the left. Don't lose the car. - Okay.
Hey!
Ah... There's a traffic jam here.
Damn.
- Hurry! - Yes.
There it is.
What? Hey.
- Go closer. - But...
- Just do it! - Okay.
Stop. Stop!
Search for him. Search for him!
Thank you very much.
Welcome.
Oh, isn't this the one?
The shirt that main character in the film was wearing?
Yes, it's our original goods for the film. It's selling well.
- What? What's this film? - You don't know?
The one with Ken's Land's Kenmochi-san as the model. Right?
That's right. It's interesting so please watch it.
Well, you've put out an advertisement in a good film.
With that content of Kenmochi-san as the model, it has to be a hit.
Despite how I look, I'm good at business.
Then, did you become a sponsor because Kenmochi-san was the model?
Of course.
If not, I won't pay money for such an indie film.
Can you testify to what you just said in court?
- What? - I'm Kenmochi-san's lawyer.
You became a sponsor as Kenmochi-san was the model.
That's because the production company explained to you beforehand, right?
I hope that you can testify to that in court.
No, it's impossible.
If we lose the trial, the screening will be ceased.
Kenmochi-san was used as the model without permission and lies were spread.
He's under great mental distress.
That's none of my business.
It's not a crime to become a sponsor just because I knew he was the model.
Um, if you're not buying anything, can you please leave?
This shop tried to evade tax two years ago
by cheating on the sales records.
That was discovered and you paid a hefty fine, right?
And after that,
you started another company with a different name.
If I ask the National Tax Agency
to investigate that company,
I wonder what they'll find out?
Wait, you...
You will testify for us, won't you?
Excuse me, do you have a moment?
- What are you doing here? - Nothing much. I'm on my way home.
There's a dead end just ahead though.
Where's your house?
Do you have anything that can prove your identity?
Can you please come with us? Let's go.
Isn't this Hasumi-san?
Are you taking a walk at night?
Please be careful.
There are many suspicious people.
I'm sorry. I couldn't get hold of Yoshimura's movements.
- How's the informant? - He wouldn't say anything.
Just in case, he didn't have anything on him that could prove his identity.
Wakisaka is interrogating him alone now.
Depending on the situation, this might be bad.
Can you talk already?
Where are you from and who are you?
Why were you there?
If you were in contact with a defendant on bail,
and even tried to leak confidential matters,
depending on the circumstances,
you could be charged for a leak of classified information.
But...
That is not my intention.
For only this time,
I can still pretend that
nothing has happened.
How was it?
You guys misunderstood.
- What? - He's unrelated.
A good citizen got tired from work and was just taking a walk.
I apologised to him politely and let him go home.
Ah~ I'm tired.
The person who tried to contact Hasumi is a staff from the Cabinet Office.
And the thing that he wanted to pass to Hasumi...
...is this.
Of course, I haven't seen its content yet.
I'll remember your consideration.
With this, the evidential documents have fallen into Nanbara's hands.
If the prosecution get serious, they can crush an individual easily.
A prosecutor like me who has lost the backing of the organisation
is powerless.
It's my first time hearing... Your complaints.
To be honest with you too,
I went to meet Toyama Aki-san.
I wanted to find out what kind of person she was.
I couldn't meet her though. She already quit her company.
Her boss was frustrated.
He said that she was an outstanding journalist and
she was investigating a major case before her matter with you.
He said that she was about to publish an article.
Major case? Publish an article?
What? Yeah.
What's wrong?
Well, at that time, Toyama Aki asked me something.
Whether there were any movements regarding the special economic zone.
- What? - In order to look for news materials,
she often asked such questions so I took no notice at that time.
But perhaps...
She could have been investigating Nanbara's case too.
I will go and meet her.
No way. The prosecution will follow you again.
Since she said she was going to publish an article, she might have
- gotten some kind of evidence. - I will meet her.
If there's really evidence, I will confirm with Toyama Aki-san.
I, Futami Yoshiro,
used Kenmochi-san as the film's model without permission,
and also made up stories which
depicted him in a manner that damaged his reputation.
Please accept my sincere apologies.
A settlement has been formalised
to cease the screening and issue an apology.
But it's decided that we will not seek damages.
The opposing party seems to have profited quite a lot though.
Tada-kun, I saw Kenmochi-san's video.
I'm sorry that I left everything to you.
It's fine.
We're signing a contract with Ken's Land to be the consulting lawyers this afternoon.
As expected of Tada-kun.
Oh, are you reaching there soon?
I hope it goes well for you.
Yeah, I don't know what will happen,
but I will do what I can.
Then, I'll be off.
In order to make a sponsor testify, Tada-sensei
asked Madoka-san to look for material that could threaten the sponsor.
- What? - He unexpectedly does something like that.
What did you use the recent information for?
You should decline shady instructions.
- You'll be dragged into it too. - It's too late.
Exchanging information with you is already shady.
That's true, but things have finally calmed down for you now.
You haven't changed at all, Michiru.
What? She went to meet Toyama Aki?
I came here as I wanted to ask you something.
Toyama-san, before the matter with my husband,
you seemed to be covering a major case, right?
You said that you were about to publish an article.
You're awfully calm, huh?
In front of your husband's affair partner.
What you really want to ask
is my relationship with your husband, right?