Congrats. It's your win, Hasumi-sensei.
You chose Hasumi-sensei because
her husband became the Chief Public Prosecutor, right?
She had an inappropriate relationship with Hasumi-kun.
We had an affair once.
To have reached this point, what made me happy...
was to have made a friend like you, I thought.
But to you,
it was just a sense of guilt.
I can't forget you.
Tada Masahiro-san, for suspicion of bribery,
we've obtained an arrest warrant.
You seem to be personally associated with
Tokyo District Court's Judge Komiya for a long time, huh?
You meet up with him to play futsal twice every month.
It's not only Komiya.
Other judges and even prosecutors were at the futsal games too.
Besides, when we're handling the same case, we don't join the games.
But you two often have meals together, right? And you're the one who pays.
No way!
In return for your daily reception, you've received favourable verdicts in trials, right?
We have meals together as friends, but we split the tab.
But in fact, your winning rate when you defend in
Judge Komiya's trials is a surprising 70%!
It's impossible to determine the reasons of winning in criminal trials!
The winning rate is only high because we are compatible.
We didn't arrest you empty-handed either.
What evidence do you have?
We will tell you slowly.
You managed to deceive the people around you, but...
It's over for you now.
What evidence did they say they have?
- I don't know yet. - We have to investigate at once.
Hey.
Why was Hasumi present at the interrogation?
The person who suspected me in the first place
seems to be Hasumi-san.
The trigger appears to be a case that I was in charge of.
It's the murder case that occurred in March of the year before last.
The client, who's the assailant, was on his way home from work downtown.
He got into a fight with a passerby, the victim, and was prosecuted for murder.
- Hey, is this okay? Are you listening? - Oh, sorry.
Ouch. Damn you...
The client was attacked by the angry victim with a knife so
he tried to snatch the knife to protect himself, but killed the victim instead.
There was such an eyewitness testimony so Tada-sensei argued for legitimate self-defence.
In the first trial, that claim was accepted and legitimate self-defence was acknowledged.
The judge for that first trial was Judge Komiya.
But the prosecution appealed against it in the second trial and the verdict was overturned,
so the client was convicted of murder.
This time, Komiya-san's verdict that acknowledged the legitimate self-defence
was considered to be unnatural, right?
Because of that, Tada-sensei and Komiya-san were suspected to be in collusion.
But this... If Komiya-san's verdict was correct...
Whether his verdict was correct doesn't matter.
The crucial issue this time is whether Tada-sensei had bribed Komiya-san.
I'll be in charge of this case.
- Hasumi-sensei, be the second chair. - Okay.
We must determine what's the evidence that the prosecution meant.
Yes!
Wait, Madoka-san, go with Hasumi-sensei to ask Komiya-san.
- I can go by myself. It's fine. - Okay.
What on earth was that? Bribery is unthinkable.
- Excuse me. The usual, please. - Certainly.
- Same for me too. - Certainly.
I can't let the perpetrator go unpunished.
On the other hand, I can't do someone an injustice.
I did my best to reach a verdict though.
In that case, if Tada is prosecuted and we have to go to trial,
can you testify for us?
It will clear the doubts on you too.
Well... I want to do that, but
until the situation becomes clear,
I was told by my higher-ups not to do anything.
I see. The courthouse is being cautious too.
If Tada-sensei is found guilty, it's highly possible that Komiya-san might be charged next.
Wait.
Um... I want to ask you something.
- Does your husband know? - What?
That Tada-sensei likes you.
I looked into Komiya-san and Tada-sensei's trials up to now,
but I don't think that they're in collusion.
And yet, his prosecution has been confirmed.
Is it possible that your husband is getting back for a personal grudge in this case?
#10 Last Judgment
Hasumi-san is serious. A prosecutor friend from my year
said that he's personally supervising and has set up a special mission team.
Does this mean that there's so much evidence?
Well, it seems that they're determined to find him guilty.
Shall we go for a meal next time?
What?
Huh!?
Okay.
It was your instruction to arrest Tada-sensei, right?
Due to my position, I cannot speak about that.
Tada-kun isn't someone who will bribe others.
Isn't it strange for a chief public prosecutor like you to investigate personally?
You trust him unconditionally, huh?
Sasaki-san told you, right?
Hasumi-san, please show me...
The strong prosecution that you build.
Didn't you decide to review the criminal investigations because of that?
And yet, you're doing this now?
This is no longer related to you.
The suspicions on Tada-kun...
I will definitely clear them.
Thank goodness that your bail was approved.
Tada-sensei, welcome back.
Thanks for your hard work.
I'm sorry for causing trouble to everyone.
This is the prosecution's oppression.
All right, let's have a meeting.
I thought about why I would be suspected of such a ridiculous thing.
What?
It's this murder case that I defended.
In the first trial, my claim was accepted and a non-guilty verdict was passed.
But I think that the guilty verdict of this second trial is suspicious instead.
The verdict of the second trial? Why?
The victim's father is a prosecutor.
And he's a big shot, the Superintending Prosecutor at Sendai High Public Prosecutors Office.
The prosecution can't possibly let the person who killed the big shot's son
be judged non-guilty due to legitimate self-defence, right?
Then, do you mean the ones who were in collusion were
the judge and prosecutor of the second trial?
There's no solid evidence. But I think it's highly possible.
This case is being reviewed by the Supreme Court now.
Before the Supreme Court presents a conclusion,
finding fault with the non-guilty verdict that Komiya-san passed
is more convenient to the prosecution.
Hasumi-san might be trying to use such an intention
of the prosecution to entrap me.
Anyway, this isn't only Tada-sensei's problem.
If we lose this case, our firm will go under as well.
- We must win. - Yes!
Please eat more.
I've been hired by a new firm so it's a celebration.
The firm that Tada-sensei wrote a letter of recommendation to?
No. Ah... Madoka-san, will you come too?
If Tada-sensei is found guilty, it's over for that firm too.
Wait.
Dry-aged beef tastes better with salt,
Tada-sensei said so.
No, dip it in the sauce. Let's go with sauce.
Let's have it with sauce.
I think that Tada-sensei made a fair choice...
regarding Hasumi-sensei's formal employment.
That's why he's not someone who will bribe others?
As I thought... You called me and asked me out for a meal
for Tada-sensei's sake, right?
What trump card does the prosecution hold?
You'll find out very soon.
Delicious.
[Courthouse]
This is a record of the defendant and Judge Komiya
First Trial
having meals together for the past three years.
As we can see, both of them paid the restaurant bills and
we can tell that it is a modest and equal friendship.
The prosecution did not investigate sufficiently and
insisted that the defendant was paying for entertainment on his own,
but this is clear evidence which dispels the groundless suspicion.
For the murder case which occurred in March of the year before last,
Yoshino Yasushi
Eyewitness of incident
did you testify that it was legitimate self-defence
at the request of the defendant, Tada-sensei?
Yes.
Did you receive a reward from the defendant for testifying?
No, um...
- No, I didn't. - But according to our investigation,
there's a record of you being paid 100,000 yen.
Oh, that isn't a reward, but for transport and accommodation expenses.
At the time of the incident, I was in Tokyo, but I was transferred to Fukuoka later.
Did you receive any special reward other than the 100,000 yen?
Objection!
The witness has answered that he didn't receive any reward.
It's a repeated question.
- Prosecutor... - This is extremely important.
It's a fact that the defendant had paid witnesses to testify in the past.
For a trial in March 2007, 300,000 yen.
Similarly for a trial in November, half a million.
And another half a million in 2008.
Of course, we have evidence too.
I will put them together and submit the evidence for examination later.
Your Honour, may I?
If the witness has to take time off from work to testify
and leave compensation is requested, we can consult with the client to pay it.
In 2009, he paid one million for
a corporate defence trial though.
Isn't it too high for a leave compensation?
He really wanted to win the trial, huh?
By the way, thanks to winning that trial,
the defendant became the consulting lawyer of his client, a corporation.
Objection overruled. Prosecutor, please continue questioning.
No, it's fine.
With this, it has become clear
that the defendant was a lawyer who used money to buy testimonies.
- Your Honour... - This also leads to the fact that
- bribes were used to buy verdicts. - Objection!
- That is all from the prosecution. - Objection!
The prosecutor is making one-sided assumptions and stating his own opinions.
I request for those remarks to be removed from the record.
I will prove from now on...
whether I was making assumptions.
Witness for the prosecution, please take the witness stand.
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Did you ever take part in the futsal games with
the defendant and Judge Komiya?
Yes.
What happened there?
I heard something from the futsal members.
It seems that at a drinking party after a futsal game,
the defendant passed an envelope to Judge Komiya.
I see...
What's inside this envelope?
I heard that it's money.
Do you mean the defendant passed money to Judge Komiya?
Objection!
This is questioning the facts that the witness did not experience directly.
Besides, this witness was dismissed from the defendant's firm one month ago.
He holds a grudge so his testimony lacks credibility.
I won't commit perjury just because of that!
Defence counsel, please prove whether the witness lacks credibility another time.
The witness shall refrain from speaking out of turn.
Prosecutor, what do you have to say about the objection?
It's fine. I will change my question.
This is a record of the defendant's bank account.
For the past two years, at about the same time every month,
the defendant has withdrawn 100,000 yen from his bank account.
Do you think that the defendant passed
this 100,000 yen to Judge Komiya every month?
- I think so. - Objection!
This question is just seeking an opinion...
- I think so! - Fine, fine. I'll withdraw.
But...
Your side is the one that provided the grounds for this, Lawyer Hasumi.
Just now, your side presented this...
The record of the defendant and Judge Komiya having meals together.
When I compared it with the defendant's bank account,
I found that on the days when he withdrew 100,000 yen every month,
the two of them would definitely meet up
for futsal or have a meal together.
In other words, what your side has presented was
not evidence that they had a modest and equal friendship, but
evidence that the two of them had met in order
to offer and accept bribes.
Does the witness have anything to say to the defendant?
I trusted him so...
I feel betrayed!
Your Honour, the prosecution will like to
bring an additional charge against the defendant
for passing an amount of two million yen to Judge Komiya
for the purpose of bribery.
We've been had...
The prosecution couldn't determine the exact dates of their meetings.
So they deliberately accused him for paying for entertainment on his own
to make us submit the record of their meals.
Using that record and Asahi-sensei's testimony
to bring an additional charge was the prosecution's aim, huh?
You didn't pass money to him, did you?
I didn't. There must be some kind of mistake.
What's the 100,000 yen that you withdrew monthly?
My living expenses.
The dates are a mere coincidence.
And the story that you used money to buy testimonies?
That's...
I used that method in the past.
But I didn't make the witnesses perjure.
During important trials, if witnesses say that they don't want to be resented
and are unwilling to testify, I would find an excuse
and then paid them... some money.
That's a grey area. Legally, it's not a crime, but
considering a lawyer's professional ethics, it's unacceptable.
That happened 10 years ago.
Of course, I didn't do it ever since I came here.
That's only expected. Do you want to ruin this firm that we built up?
This arrest might not be related to Hasumi-san's personal grudge after all.
I'm sorry.
The story from your past surprised me.
That isn't like you, Tada-kun.
I was anxious.
As a lawyer, I wanted to produce results quickly
and climb up the career ladder.
You really didn't pass money to Komiya-san?
That's right.
Sorry...
To be honest, I can't believe you completely.
That's why I will investigate.
Well, he was a sight. That look on Tada's face.
We need more evidence.
Please investigate thoroughly with all concerned personnel.
I will do my best so that Tada won't get close to your wife again.
- Ah... - This isn't a game.
Your life as a prosecutor is at stake.
Don't you forget that.
I want to drive out all the rotten corruption!
It's absolutely impossible this time.
Our matter has been discovered.
Do something about it. I'll listen to any of your requests.
Is that lawyer Tada really so important?
It's not for Tada-sensei.
What? Then, who is it for?
Hey, Hasumi-san isn't being normal this time.
If that Hasumi Soichiro seriously goes after someone,
no one can escape his clutches.
Forget it. I'll ask my other friends.
Hello?
Oh, over here.
The coffee here is rather good.
- Excuse me. Coffee, please. - What do you want?
- I wanted to apologise.
Because of Hasumi-kun, things have become awkward between you and his wife, right?
Same goes for you. You seem to be driven into a corner by Hasumi-san.
Exactly. My life is hanging in the balance.
So you want me to tell you our information?
Of course,
I won't say that.
You're recording this, aren't you?
You're trying to make me say that to turn the trial in your favour.
Bingo. I failed so I'm going back.
Hasumi-kun doesn't go home now.
It's probably... over for him and his wife.
I don't need that information.
Why don't you support him?
Hasumi-kun is already exhausted.
If no one helps him, he will fall rapidly.
I can't bear to watch him.
You liked him, didn't you?
You don't need to feel obligated to his wife anymore.
She doesn't intend to forgive you anyway.
I'll wait for your information. For Hasumi-kun's sake, okay?
You don't have to worry about me.
I'll talk to you later... Yeah, I get it.
Sorry, I called you but I couldn't get through.
I thought that you might be here.
I switched off my phone until a while ago.
Since the trial became like that, many people have been calling.
Excuse me. One daily set, please.
- Certainly. One daily set... - May I join you?
Go ahead.
So regarding the money mentioned in the testimony...
I was surprised. There was no exchange of money.
Is that true?
It must be some kind of mistake.
Komiya-san.
Were you in contact with Tada after the trial?
No.
Is that so?
There seems to be something going on. I'll investigate Komiya-san.
I understand.
Thanks for your hard work.
Thanks for the other day. The hot dog stand was very profitable.
I found something interesting.
Isn't this bad for your firm?
[Public Prosecutors Office]
Is Hasumi really all right?
That lawyer Tada is a colleague of Hasumi's wife.
Exactly because a personal grudge is involved, he's relentless.
Report any trivial details to me! Don't let him get away with this!
What's left for that man now
Mitarai Naoto
Deputy Prosecutor General
is only resentment towards Tada.
- I see. - Ha ha ha...
Thank you.
- Hello? - Hello. Will you be late?
Looks like it. I'll be late so you can have dinner first.
- The curry in the fridge? Got it. - Curry.
- Sorry about this. Thanks. - Mom.
Did something happen with Dad again?
Dad hasn't come home at all.
You're right...
I'm sorry.
Will you get a divorce?
Um, Hayato...
Mom, you should do what you want.
I'll talk to you properly again.
Have you signed the divorce papers?
I know.
Are you satisfied?
You came all the way to see Tada-kun's trial.
Now you know what kind of man he is, don't you?
He's not found guilty yet.
- I won't let you get in my way. - I won't let you do as you please.
Hasumi-sensei, I want to show you something...
Sorry, but I don't want to see your face now.
I understand.
Hello?
Hello??
- What is it? - Oh, do you have a moment?
- I won't apologise. - I know.
I'm not resenting you or anything.
More importantly, I heard that you found a new firm? Where is it?
- It doesn't matter, does it? - You're good at negotiating so
you should keep challenging corporate acquisitions.
And then, you will achieve results.
Please worry about yourself.
If you're found guilty, your career will be over.
You're right.
Asahi.
Do your best.
Regarding Komiya-san, he has a slight tendency
to pass verdicts that favour defendants, right?
Yes, he's the type of judge that fears false charges.
- I'll look into that a little more. - Please do.
Do you think that Tada-sensei bribed him?
I don't know...
I believed him, but he was hiding his past from me.
Perhaps he couldn't tell you because he respected you, Kamiyama-sensei.
That... might be the same for your husband too.
You were surely a very capable wife, right?
If the woman is too outstanding,
the man can't show his weakness.
Sasaki's family grave
This person...
- Manabe-san, hello. - Good afternoon.
I found out what the money you passed to him was for.
It wasn't a bribe.
But if you say what the money was for, it will be bad for Komiya-san.
- So you kept quiet, right? - For the trial...
I can answer that
I didn't pass money to him.
Do you plan to lie in court?
The defendant won't be charged for perjury.
If by any chance you get away due to insufficient proof,
the doubt will still remain. As a lawyer, it will hurt you.
In the first place, it's my fault
that Komiya-san got dragged into this trial.
I don't want to trouble him.
There was no exchange of money.
I want you to argue that.
Thank you. I think Hasumi-kun will be happy too.
- Excuse me. I'll place the documents here. - Okay.
This is it.
Regarding the murder case that occurred
Second Trial
in March of the year before last,
another lawyer was in charge initially,
but it was switched to you halfway. Why is that?
That's because we found out that Komiya-san was the presiding judge.
Why were you switched in because Komiya-san was the presiding judge?
I'm acquainted with Komiya-san through work for a long time
so I know his tendency of judging.
The prosecution also decides who to assign to cases depending on the judge, right?
Isn't it because you're in collusion with Judge Komiya to get a favourable verdict?
Objection!
This is questioning the charge that the defendant has denied from the start
and is unjust inducement.
Prosecutor, what's your opinion?
I will change my question.
Previously, there was a testimony that
you passed money to Judge Komiya after your futsal game.
Is that a fact?
- No. - I see.
You're saying you didn't pass any money.
Your Honour, I request for additional examination of evidence here
and I will like to show it to the defendant
while I conduct my questioning.
Anyway, I came. Is that true?
What? Now? Wait, I'll hang up for a while.
This is a photo of the defendant's futsal team
having a drinking party after practice.
We obtained it from a customer who happened to be in the shop and shot this.
Looks fun.
But... Can you look here?
Here.
You passed money to him, right?
How do you explain this?
Your Honour, due to unplanned evidence,
we need time to consult with the defendant.
We will like to ask for a recess.
What is this money?
Did you know that he passed the money to him?
I'm sorry.
We need time to find counterevidence.
I'll negotiate with the courthouse.
Sorry.
I will think of another way.
Will you lie in court again for Komiya-san?
Perhaps, you can get away with that.
But Tada-kun,
you regret using ambiguous methods in the past, right?
If you lie again,
as a lawyer, you might regret doing that again.
Even if no one else knows,
only you will know the sins that you have committed.
In the end, I will respect your intention as my client.
But I want to prove your innocence.
Because the one who let me start over as a lawyer was you, Tada-kun.
If you will tell the truth,
I am ready to fight any time.
Madoka-san, Tada-sensei will tell the truth in court.
Got it.
At that time, did you want to show me that photo?
I want to show you something...
Did you perhaps pass it to the prosecution on purpose?
So that Tada-sensei will have to say the truth in court.
Because I believed that Tada-sensei isn't someone who will bribe others.
After this trial ends, I will quit the firm.
Please put up with me a little longer.
As I thought...
I can't bring myself... to hate you, Madoka-san.
Then, I'll go first.
Um... Stop that trial for a bit!
- How will you betray us this time? - No, no, no!
Don't hang up! I heard from a prosecutor friend from my year that
Hasumi-san has obtained some kind of conclusive evidence and
- started to make his move. - What!?
[Courthouse staff lodgings]
Seize the electronic equipment first.
- Seize them! Do you understand? - Yes, sir!
This could be some kind of trap.
You should stop the trial for today first and
then work out a strategy!
Defendant, what's the money that you passed to Judge Komiya?
The money is...
a donation to the falsely charged victims group.
Huh? What on earth is that?
An association that Komiya-san supports.
I've consented to
donate 100,000 yen every month through Komiya-san.
What?
That's an extremely admirable story.
But if that is really true,
why didn't you speak up about it sooner
and submit evidence to prove it?
Because I thought about Komiya-san's position.
It's undesirable for a judge who should be fair and neutral to support an association.
Besides, this association is now
suing the Tokyo District Court for passing false charge verdicts.
If Komiya-san's support is found out, it will be bad for him.
But we investigated the emails exchanged between you and Judge Komiya
and there was no mention of that at all.
We have investigated your personal email.
If you look at this, it's clear that you two were in collusion.
I can't stop the trial.
Anyway, if you find out anything, please contact me.
Got it!
If your story about the donation is true,
what you said just now that you didn't pass any money
will be a lie.
In the court too, coming from you, a lawyer!
And now, because a photo came out, you can't get away from this so
it's possible that you're telling a lie again.
Objection!
The one who provided the grounds that the earlier statement isn't just a lie
is you, Prosecutor Wakisaka.
What!?
Does the defendant know the shop staff in this photo?
He's Manabe-san, the shop manager.
Manabe Yusuke
Restaurant Manager
A member of the falsely charged victims group that I explained earlier.
Actually, Manabe-san is
a falsely charged victim due to
Komiya-san's verdict.
I don't hate him now. I've been helped by Komiya-san.
Your Honour, we ask for the defendant's receipt of donation to
the falsely charged victims group
to be examined as evidence.
Thanks to the prosecution for submitting this photo,
our explanation could proceed smoothly.
In other words, what you've submitted
was not evidence of offering and accepting a bribe,
but evidence to clear that suspicion.
You should break your habit of making assumptions.
- Objection! - I beg your pardon. That is all.
Well done.
- I'm sorry. - Well, I guess I won't be fired.
At most, I'll be demoted.
So that such a thing won't happen, I took measures during the recess.
What?
A judge who regrets his false charge verdict and secretly supports the victims
- is the mass media's favourite. - Are you serious?
If you become the talk of the town, it will be hard for the courthouse to dispose of you too.
Really!? Got it!
- Oh? - What?
What's the conclusive evidence that Hasumi-san obtained?
I don't know yet.
Mitarai-san.
Can you please come with us?
What's going on?
We found conclusive evidence of your collusion with a judge.
We obtained the judge's personal email address
and had him disclose the record.
This is your email exchange of a request for a favourable verdict.
The evidence was the email of the judge who presided the second trial of that murder case.
The one who colluded with the judge of the second trial
and instructed him to pass a guilty verdict was you, right?
Mitarai-san, is that true?
Did you find an innocent man guilty?
The case that Hasumi-san was investigating...
was this, huh?
Please make way!
During Nanbara's incident,
you knew about Sasaki's movements, didn't you?
You pretended that you didn't see in order to protect Nanbara.
You used Sasaki's loyalty.
I will build...
A tremendously strong prosecution.
This means he used you, right? As a front.
It's probably true that he suspected me.
It's a warning that if I continue with those ambiguous methods in the future,
I will surely cross the line someday.
I learned something.
To think he pretended that he had a personal grudge
so that the higher-ups wouldn't suspect...
Your husband is
an amazing tactician.
He's an amazing tactician and
a very clumsy person, I guess.
Rather than the 17 years we've been married,
I feel that I've known you better in this one year.
And myself too.
Regarding Madoka-san's matter,
I know there's also the approach of me overlooking
your one mistake and starting over.
If it were me from before, I might do just that.
But from now on...
I don't want to live with pent-up feelings of whether I should forgive you.
Because I just can't run away
from my own feelings, after all.
So I...
will quit being a good wife.
[Divorce Registration]
For these 17 years,
we had fun times too, right?
Many fun times.
If that's the case, I'm glad.
- Come in. - Thank goodness.
The charges against you have been dropped.
Come to think of it,
you had all kinds of mishaps because you gave this away.
Is that it?
I'm all right now.
Thank you, really.
Please take my name off the firm's signboard.
Regarding what I did in the past, I will ask the bar association to penalise me.
I understand.
But I will wait for you,
together with your clients.
You're targeting my clients, aren't you?
Two months later
Here, here. The other side.
Then, I have to go soon. I need to prepare for trial.
- Okay, do your best. - Thanks.
Are you doing your laundry by yourself properly?
I'm totally used to it already.
Dad, you just have to do your best.
Yeah, I'm doing my best.
From the above evidence, it is clear that the defendant,
Nagareyama-san, has plagiarised the plaintiff's design.
No, no. We've already submitted the design's progress chart.
This is a completely original design by the defendant.
Your Honour,
they did not look at our evidence and are only saying whatever they like.
Listening to them is a waste of time.
Wait! Which side's the one that doesn't look at evidence?
Plaintiff's counsel, if you have an objection, please submit a document.
Getting all worked up like that shows you still lack training.
Your Honour, the remark he just made is unrelated to the current case.
We demand a withdrawal of statement.
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