Yeah, I'm already in Yokohama.
Dress that was bought yesterday
I'm totally fine.
7-cm heels
I'll just kill some time walking around.
Call me when you get to the station, Yuki.
New spring color lipstick
See you in a bit.
Tried curling hair
It's been so long I'm getting nervous!
First Date in 3 Months
Sexy underwear
Purse snatcher!
Stop! Stop!!
I said stop!
Stop, I said!
We've been getting a lot of reports of purse snatching recently.
Is that right...
- What were you doing in Yokohama today? - For a rare date...
May I borrow your phone?
I'm supposed to meet him. I have to call him...
- Oh, go right ahead. - Thank you.
Oh no, I don't know his number.
- Your call is being forwarded to... - Huh?
Excuse me. I'll be back after I go look for him.
- All right. - Oh.
And while I'm there, I'll take a look at the trash cans around the station.
Purse snatchers often discard everything but cash right away for fear of being traced.
You're well informed.
Government employee?
What do you do?
- I'm a prosecutor... - Hm?
I'm a prosecutor.
- Prosecutor?! - Yes.
I'm being transferred to the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office starting tomorrow.
Thank you for your hard work!
Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office Kounan Branch
Prosecutor
Takemura Ririko
All right!
Good morning!
Oh? I must be be the first one here...
Oh! My purse?!
They found it discarded in a trash can at Harbor View Park.
Someone from the police delivered it for you a little while ago.
Thank you!
As expected, the money's gone...
It's here.
They found my purse!
I'm really sorry about yesterday.
Oh, I'm sorry for not introducing myself sooner.
I'm Takemura. I'll be working here starting today.
I'm Aihara, the assistant officer assigned to Prosecutor Takemura.
Public Prosecutor's Assistant Officer
Aihara Tsutomu
Assigned to me? Pleased to meet you!
- Pleased to meet you. - He's quite a bit older...
Oh, excuse me.
But seriously,
- I can't believe a prosecutor got her purse snatched. - Oh... I'm sorry.
I never imagined I'd be filing a police report myself...
- Please go to the police later and finish the paperwork. - I'll do that.
If the culprit is arrested and gets sent to the prosecutor,
- I'm going to put the screws on him and... - Personal feelings
- are prohibited in investigations. - Ah, yes...
- Hello. - Good morning.
- Morning~. - Good morning.
Good morning!
Prosecutor
Tokunaga Taichi
Are you the newcomer who's starting today?
Yes! I'm Takemura.
Really~. Our branch just got a whole lot younger.
- When did you start? - I'm in my second year!
- What the heck, she's not useful yet. - Excuse me?
Just don't get in our way.
Prosecutor
Ohtsuka Hitoshi
Takemura-kun, where did you go for training your first year?
My first appointment was at the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office.
What? Really*? (*in Osaka dialect)
- I'm actually from Osaka! - Oh, is that right?
Prosecutor's Assistant Officer
Aihara-san, you're the designated rookie trainer, huh?
Kimura Hideki Enokido Osamu
I see~.
- Good morning! - Good morning.
Branch Chief
- Good morning. - Good morning!
Umemiya Yuzuru
Good morning.
- You must be Takemura-kun? - Yes!
From today, it's not like your first year when you had an adviser by you.
You're a full-fledged prosecutor in the true sense.
You may be a rookie, but you have the same authority as the veterans.
Please bear that in mind and work hard.
Yes, sir!
I'm Takemura Ririko.
I'm still inexperienced, but I look forward to working with you!
- I'll be handing out today's cases. - Thank you!
Prosecutor Tokunaga.
There's quite a few today.
Prosecutor Ohtsuka.
- Prosecutor Takemura. - Yes!
Public Prosecutor's Referral
Reviewer Prosecutor in Charge
Umemiya Takemura
- I'm counting on you. - Yes, sir!
Prosecutor Takemura, the first suspect will be coming at 10 o'clock.
Please go through all these case files before that.
- What? By 10 o'clock? - Yes.
We're getting 5 suspects today, so please use your time efficiently.
Got it.
Interrogation Room
Assistant Officer Aihara Tsutomo
Prosecutor Takemura Ririko
Prosecutor TAKEMURA RIRIKO
Let's get rolling...!
- The suspect will be arriving shortly. - Got it.
Uh...Aihara-san.
There may be times I may cause you trouble, but
I ask for your guidance and support.
You're the prosecutor who decides whether to prosecute the suspect or not.
Please make your decision with a cool mind but from various perspectives.
Y...yes.
Come in.
Excuse us.
Hey, that hurt. Be careful, will ya?
- Please take a seat. - Sit down.
Be careful, will ya?
Extortion
Penal Code Article 249
I'm Takemura, the prosecutor.
Scary...!
You're Hayashi Kazushi-san, correct?
We will now proceed to record your statement.
At around 2:00 pm on March 31st, 2018, you...
Why do I get a woman! It ain't my day...
Women are damn annoying.
Hey, I bet you're single, aren't you?
Yes, I am. So?
You're never gonna get married with a job like this , you know.
I don't think that's relevant.
The f***g woman prosecutor I had when I was arrested in Tokyo the other day
said that she was single too.
Women should keep their mouth shut and
do what men tell them to do with a smile!
Theft
Penal Code Article 235
I wanted to put it up as an offering
for my husband's death anniversary!
Did your husband like ohagi*? (*sweet sticky rice balls)?
Yes.
He was a man of few words who didn't smile too often, but
he smiled happily whenever he was eating ohagi...
I see...
Violation of Trademark Act
Violation of Unfair Competition Prevention Act
I had no idea they were fake.
It certainly does look genuine.
That's cool, Miss. It suits you well!
- Who, me? - Yeah! I like it!
- You think so? - Yeah, cool!
But don't you think it's a bit too flashy...?
So where did you obtain them?
So Aihara-san, what did you think about my interrogation?
It was all right for the most part.
For the most part? What in particular...
It's not my place to give advice to a prosecutor.
To the contrary, I'd like you to tell me anything
since you have much more experience than me.
Well then, with all due respect,
- if I may say just one thing. - Yes, please do.
- I think you may be too emotional. - I'm sorry.
It's inexcusable for a prosecutor to lose her temper during interrogation.
- I'm sorry. - It's also
inadvisable to empathize to that extent with the suspect.
Also,
please be careful not to get taken in by the suspect's fast talk.
Keep your emotion under control as much as possible, and
please try to restrain yourself.
I'll try.
That's all.
That wasn't just one thing at all...
These are cases where charges were filed and cases where suspects were released under their own recognizance.
What! All this?!
No, no, no! I've got to act more like a prosecutor!
Keep a cool head but a warm heart! Keep a cool head but a warm heart!
Booyah!
Oh...hello.
- What was that about? - Pardon me?
- "Booyah!" - Oh...you heard?
That's why suspects don't take you seriously.
- Why do you know that? - So they don't take you seriously, huh?
He tricked me...!
Prosecutor Takemura.
Coming.
An injury case, huh?
Mukai Toshiya, the victim,
Victim Mukai Toshiya
was subjected to power harassment by Onda Toru, his superior at work, on a daily basis.
On March 16, 2018,
Mukai was severely chastised by Onda at the pub they were at.
A glass was thrown at him and he injured his head.
As Mukai left to go to the hospital,
Onda and his colleague, Tanaka, chased after him.
He was then taken to a nearby alley,
where he was beaten and kicked by Onda.
That momentum caused him to fall down the stairs.
He sustained an injury to his head requiring 7 stitches
in addition to other injuries requiring 2 months to heal completely.
And on March 23, one week after the incident,
he filed a police report.
This can't be allowed. I can't believe a terrible boss like this exists.
However, Onda, the suspect, is saying he didn't do it, and denying everything.
What?
You're right!
There were no eyewitnesses who saw Mukai-san getting assaulted,
nor were there any surveillance cameras in the area.
In other words, there's no evidence to back up the victim's testimony.
Oh... And the colleague who was with them
is also testifying that the assault never happened.
- What does that mean...? - That is for you to determine
- after your interrogation. - I know, right? Then please...
- I'll call the suspect in, all right? - Yes, please.
Prosecutor, with all due respect, just one word.
Yes?
- Having preconceptions during investigation is prohibited. - I know.
- Don't be misled by the suspect's words. - I know.
And please proceed as quickly as possible.
Got it.
I'm innocent.
As stated in the police report, did you throw a glass...
Suspect
I did not.
Onda Toru
- Did you beat and kick.... - I have no reason to do that.
Mukai-san is testifying that he left the pub first, but
what did you do after he left?
He left so suddenly I got worried, so
I chased after him with Tanaka, my subordinate.
- And then...? - When we got outside,
Mukai was nowhere to be seen, so
I reluctantly headed to the train station with Tanaka and went home.
I see....
- Uh... - About the power harassment.
Mukai-san testified that he was harassed by you on a daily basis.
That's impossible.
There were times I gave him guidance, but I never harassed him...
You can ask anyone at the office.
In fact, it's the other way around.
I'm the one who almost got beat up.
That night, I cautioned Mukai about his performance.
He then got enraged....
- Hey, Mukai! Mukai, stop! - What did you say...!
Did something like that happen before too?
Yes, a few times.
Mukai has always been defiant towards me, and
how should I say, he can't be stopped when he gets emotional.
Is that right?
In the case of this recent incident too,
he simply fell on his own and got hurt, but
he's probably trying to degrade me by putting the blame on me.
It's become a tough place to survive for those of us in a position to lead.
I understand.
He didn't look like a power harassing superior who beats up on his subordinate, did he?
But it's also hard to believe that the victim lied and submitted a police report.
What do you think, Aihara-san?
I'm not in a position to give my opinion.
It can be your personal opinion. Won't you tell me?
- There's just one thing I know for sure. - What would that be?
The victim or the suspect, one of them is lying.
I know, right? Then let's call in the victim right away and...
Since Mukai-san is still hospitalized,
I'll make arrangements so that we can talk to him at the hospital tomorrow.
Oh, thank you! Then let's get Tanaka-san, his colleague, to...
- Prosecutor? - Yes?
You still have all these ROR (released on their own recognizance) cases that need to be processed.
- Let's do this first... - Please take care of these first.
- But I just need... - If you don't use your time efficiently,
cases will only continue to pile up.
All right.
Do you have something to say?
No, it's nothing.
- This is so good~! - Of course. That goes without saying.
- There's no way our tofu would taste bad! - I know, right?
- Ririko, did you have interrogations from your first day? - Yeah.
I feel sorry for those people who get interrogated by you.
- Ririko sure is scary, huh? - What's scary about me?
Like when I ate the pudding in the fridge the other day.
She was sure scary then.
" You realized I had my name on it, didn't you?"
" You saw it when you took the top off, didn't you?" Ouch.
"Even between parent and child, if a parent steals something from the child,
- it's considered theft!" - You both sound just like her!
- They do not! - You were really scary.
- I even paid you back for it. - The pudding you ate on the sly
was the limited edition kind that I finally got to buy
- after searching through 3 convenience stores! - How the heck was I supposed to know
- what kind of pudding it was! - Look, he's snapping back at me.
A true Tokyoite gets mad in a flash.
- That's because Ririko's the Inflexi Kid. - What's that?
- It just means you're inflexible. - That's not true...
Do you lose your temper during interrogation too and grill the suspects?
I do not. I'm calm, cool, and collected...
That's impossible~.
I was told to control my emotion too.
Your boss is pretty sharp.
It was my assistant officer, not my boss.
Oh, the person who supports you?
Yes. But acts like a sister-in-law.
- Oh, she's an older lady, huh? - No, an older man. He says things like...
"With all due respect, if I may just say a word,"
but it's not one word at all!
He pointed out my faults one after another.
I don't want to point out her faults one after another either, you know.
- I understand. - She's extremely emotional, and
when I saw her act as she felt, I couldn't bear it any longer.
- I wish they'd give me a break. - Being assigned to a rookie prosecutor
is tough, isn't it? Ha, ha, ha...
The job of us assistant officers change drastically
- depending on the prosecutor, doesn't it? - That's for sure.
But seriously... the previous Prosecutor Sudo was sure easy to work for.
- He was an experienced person of integrity. - This time you got the direct opposite.
I sure got the short end of the stick.
I realize it too.
Oh, it's past 9 o'clock already.
You're right. Gotta go to bed.
- Bath, bath. - Okay, good night.
- Good night~. - Good night.
Today was exhausting even for me.
"Hi! How was your first day in Yokohama?"
Ririko
- Hello? - Yuki? Are you home already?
No, I'm still at work.
- You're working late again. It must be tough. - How about you?
I got home a little while ago and I just had dinner.
Oh, you got off pretty late from your first day, huh?
I'm exhausted.
Today's beer tasted especially good.
I can just picture you drinking heartily.
It's making me want to have a drink too.
Oh...say, can we meet this weekend?
I have to go to London on a business trip for a week starting the day after tomorrow.
Oh, I see.... How about tomorrow then?
I'm free tomorrow, but is that okay with you?
It's okay, it's okay! Tomorrow then.
I'll treat you since I caused you trouble yesterday. Steak or Korean barbecue or whatever.
- Are you serious? - Sure.
See you tomorrow then.
You're sure fired up.
Since we're going on a starting-over-again date tomorrow.
Too bad you were unable to stay out last night because of that purse snatching incident, huh?
Hey, let's not get into that subject.
- How long have you been going out with him? - Uh... 4 years.
Are you guys okay? Are things going well?
- Probably. - Probably?
Well, we hardly saw each other this past year while I was in Osaka...
We'll be fine. I'll work hard to make it work from now on.
Yeah, you should.
Onee-chan, if you break up with him, you won't be able to marry for the rest of your life.
- Hey, Haruko~. - I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
Ouch, ouch. That hurts.
- I'm going to sleep! Good night. Ouch...! - Good night.
As a prosecutor and as a woman,
I'm gonna do well with both!
Prosecutor, please finish your interrogation of Mukai-san in 20 minutes.
- I don't know if I can finish in 20 minutes.. - Let's pick up the pace of the interrogation.
- I'll try my best. - Please do so.
This must be it.
Why did you file a police report on your own!
If the public finds out about this, our reputation will take a nosedive.
I'm sorry.
Chief Onda is denying the assault, and
he's even talking about suing you for defamation of character.
If that happens,
you'll lose your place in the company, won't you?
Excuse me...
I don't think it will be defamation of character.
If what Mukai-san says is true.
- Who are you? - Oh, we're from the Yokohama Prosecutors Office.
You're the prosecutor? Well, excuse me.
No, I'm the prosecutor's assistant officer, Aihara.
I'm the prosecutor, Takemura Ririko.
What?
Well then, we'll be taking our leave now.
If you'll excuse us.
Hello.
Hello. I'm Mukai.
This is my wife, Miori.
Oh...please have a seat.
Thank you.
Then let's get straight to the point. Please tell us
about the injury incident for which you filed a police report.
Upon confirming the facts, a decision will be made whether to prosecute the suspect or not.
Now then, Prosecutor.
Excuse me.
Uh...is it true that
you were assaulted by Onda Toru-san?
Of course it is. I wouldn't lie about something like that.
Am I being suspected?
- No, that's not it... - We're simply confirming the facts.
Is it true that you were harassed on a daily basis?
Yes.
What was the cause?
Around November of last year, Chief Onda suddenly
changed the major supplier of construction material.
Is is true that we're changing the supplier of "H steel"?
- Yeah. - Why?
We've been doing business with Morozumi for almost 10 years, and...
Obviously it's because Shimojima Industries gave us a better deal.
No way... Morozumi Industries'
quality and cost should be far superior . Please...
Are you telling me what to do?
How dare an underling act so cocky.
From that day on,
Chief Onda's power harassment...
no...bullying towards me started.
Bullying?
Yes.
What's the deal with these numbers, huh?
Hey!
This is why I say you're useless.
Let me cool down your head for you.
And it started escalating gradually.
Did you tell anyone at work about that?
I thought about reporting it many times, but...
TO: Human Resources Subject: RE Chief Onda's Power Harassment
Chief Nakagawa, Head of Human Resources I'm Mukai Toshiya with the Sales Department.
You worked hard indeed. And in such a short time.
- Thank you. - Let's give him a hand.
In front of other people, he acts like the ideal boss.
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I felt that no one would believe me even if I complained.
Can you tell us what happened on the day of the incident?
Sure. That night, after entertaining our client, I was berated at the pub.
Chief was in an especially bad mood.
Why do we have to pay a salary
for a worthless guy like you!
Hey!
- I'm sorry. - What are you doing?
I'm sorry...
Hey!
A minor injury like that would heal itself if you just give it a lick.
So...
I'm going to press charges against you for this!
Wait, Mukai!
I left the pub, intending to go straight to the hospital.
But they came chasing after me.
Mukai, come over here!
Did you say press charges? Don't be ridiculous!
I can't take it anymore!
Can't you see that I'm just giving you guidance as your superior!
What you're doing is just power harassment!
What did you say...!
- Chief, please...! - Who do you think is going to
believe anything you say!
- Are you all right?! - Let's go.
- We could get in trouble, Chief! - Just go!
That's just horrible.
Why did you wait a week to file a police report
instead of filing it immediately?
That's because I was wavering.
I knew it would turn into a big deal and it would make things difficult for me at work.
I understand.
But my wife encouraged me to do it.
- You encouraged him? - Yes.
I said let's file a police report and
have them expose Chief Onda's crime.
By the way, Tanaka-san, who was also present at the time, is saying the same thing as Onda-san.
That when they left the pub, Mukai-san was nowhere to be seen, so
they don't know what happened to Mukai-san after that.
I think they arranged beforehand to tell the same story.
Tanaka-san does whatever he's told by the chief.
He alone was aware that I was getting harassed.
You mean he knew but pretended not to see?
Yes.
That's why we thought the company wouldn't be on our side even if we told them, and
we decided to file a police report.
But still... won't you believe us after all?
Prosecutor, let's get going, shall we?
Prosecutor.
I believe you.
I believe you!
Thank you for your cooperation. Prosecutor! Let's go.
Oh...if you'll excuse us.
You shouldn't have said "I believe you"!
I'm sorry. My thoughts just came out of my mouth.
Please refrain from making indiscrete remarks.
But Mukai-san isn't lying, is he?
- That's just your personal opinion. - But...
With all due respect, just a word.
You don't have enough self-awareness as a prosecutor.
Let's hurry back.
- We still have a ton of cases to process... - Aihara-san, please go back to the office first.
- Where are you going? - To Edano Construction.
- What? - I want to hear what Tanaka-san has to say.
- Then let's call him in for interrogation. - It's faster to go see him.
- Listen, please...! - Please don't worry about me.
- I'll be fine by myself. - It's not because I'm worried.
It is the duty of the assistant officer to act with the prosecutor at all times.
- Tanaka Keisuke-san? - Yes.
We're from the Yokohama Prosecutors Office.
You're putting me on the spot by coming to the office like this.
I'm the assistant officer, Aihara.
I'm the prosecutor, Takemura Ririko.
What! Oh...
Yes. That's exactly what I told the police.
Are you sure?
Prosecutor, you'd better back off.
If you're
covering up for Onda-san knowing that he committed the crime,
Penal Code Article 103, Harboring of Criminals, would apply.
Tanaka-san, aren't you actually covering up for Onda-san
- and lying... - What are you doing?
Chief!
Prosecutor, do you need to see Tanaka about something?
I'm here to confirm Tanaka-san's testimony.
Taking time out of your busy schedule for something like that?
"Something like that"?
Everything is as you told the police, right?
Yes.
- I'm asking Tanaka-san for his story... - It's the same thing.
Since I haven't assaulted anyone.
- But... - Prosecutor!
Just think about it.
There's no way he'd lie to the police
to cover up for me just because I'm his superior.
I'm not that popular nor do I have the power
for my subordinate to take on that kind of risk for me.
Please don't make us waste any more time on something like this.
- Let's go. - Yes, sir. If you'll excuse us.
You didn't say anything you shouldn't have, did you?
No, sir. I didn't tell her anything.
Damn woman prosecutor.
Onda definitely did it. I'd like to indict him.
The things that were written in the police are true.
Mukai-san isn't lying.
Onda and Tanaka are the ones who are lying!
I already told you!
That's just your personal opinion.
But Aihara-san, you know it too, don't you?
That Onda did it.
But there's no evidence.
Mukai-san was beaten and sustained injuries. Plus,
he was harassed on a daily basis.
That's what the victim, himself, is claiming, isn't it?
You're just believing the victim's testimony.
You don't have to be a prosecutor to do that.
What is the doctor saying about the victim's injuries?
It seems the injuries he sustained when he fell down the stairs were so serious that
it's hard to tell if he was assaulted prior to the fall.
There's no evidence, nor is there any eyewitness.
It would be difficult without any objective evidence...
In fact, his colleague who was at the scene is denying the assault.
No. That's because the two of them just arranged beforehand to tell the same story.
Why would they do that?
That...I don't know....
The victim tripped on his own and got hurt when he fell down the stairs.
He then filed a false police report claiming that he was beaten by his boss
who he always disliked, and tried to frame him.
That's impossible.
- Can you say that the probability is zero? - That's...
The fact that the police report was filed one week after the incident
is a disadvantage too.
He needed the time to think and work up the courage to bring a charge against his superior.
I can understand that, but whether to indict or not
is totally dependent on whether there's evidence or not.
Under the present situation, dropping the charges due to insufficient evidence is the appropriate thing to do.
You can't prosecute him.
You can't mean that! If we drop the charges, the man who beat up his subordinate and caused him injuries
is going to go back to living his life as if nothing happened, right?
- That can't happen! - Things work out that way sometimes.
Even if you personally think this guy definitely did it,
if there's no evidence that can definitely prove that he's guilty,
you can't prosecute him. As frustrating as it is.
Then...
what is justice?
Do you know what it is?
Chief.
Takemura-kun.
What is a prosecutor's job?
It's to punish those who should be punished according to law and evidence.
That's right. And
to not punish those who should not be punished.
The reason the conviction rate for criminal trials in Japan is 99.9%
is because we, the prosecution, thoroughly examine the evidence and
only after revealing as much truth as possible,
proceed with the indictment.
Right now, it seems your only thoughts are about the victim, but
the suspect's life will also change completely once he's indicted.
You understand that too, don't you?
Unless you can find enough evidence that will allow you to say
the man should still be indicted,
as the branch chief, I cannot allow you to proceed.
Tokunaga-kun, do you have a minute?
"Sorry!
I just found out I have to go out to dinner with our clients."
"All right."
"I'm really sorry."
"That's okay. Don't worry about it.
Good luck with your job!"
To be honest, I didn't really feel like seeing him today.
If we met, I'd have to act cheerful
and talk like usual.
But I don't have the confidence to do that right now.
Work and love. Neither is going well.
Maybe I'm not suited to be a prosecutor.
Inflexi Kid hits a wall.
What's that?
Do you remember
how you used to say you wanted to be a champion of justice when you were a kid?
My dream
Ririko-chan, what are you drawing?
Champion of justice!
This was a strange kid, I thought.
I'm surprised you remember.
But when you became a prosecutor, I thought,
she actually realized her childhood dream.
I haven't realized it.
Prosecutors aren't champion of justice.
How come?
Wanting to help people in a vulnerable position and people who are suffering is just naive idealism.
In reality, even if there's someone who's suffering right in front of my eyes,
there's nothing I can do.
Why don't you be that person's champion?
I'd like to. I do, but...
Ririko...that Inflexi Kid part of you
is a real pain in the neck for the family.
- I know. - But...
wouldn't that make you suited for the job of a prosecutor?
The part that's persistent and never gives up.
You're withdrawing the police report?
Yes.
- My husband's already made the decision. - What is the reason?
Chief Onda came to the hospital yesterday and...
If you back off now, I'll forget everything that happened.
I won't sue you for defamation of character either.
You can stay at the company just like before.
- But... - When I talked to the lawyer,
I was told I probably won't be prosecuted due to lack of sufficient evidence.
No way...
For you,
it's not a bad deal, is it?
Prosecutor, is it true?
What Chief Onda was saying.
That he may not be prosecuted.
I can't say one way or the other right now...
It's true, isn't it?
Then we have no choice but to give up, right?
I only found out after this incident
that my husband was getting harassed at work.
Is that right...
I was unable to notice anything.
- I'm home. - Okaeri~.
Come on out nice and healthy~.
He was having a hard time, but
I didn't know anything...
I feel so disappointed with myself...
I thought we'll be fine once we file the police report,
that we'd be saved, but...
Please give me time just one day today! Please!
Prosecutor Takemura, what are you talking about?
Mukai-san is getting ready to withdraw the police report.
If he withdraws it, there will be nothing I can do as a prosecutor.
I'm running out of time.
So? What can you do from now?
I'm going to review everything from the beginning.
Evidence that Mukai-san was assaulted or
evidence that Onda is lying.
I'll search out enough facts so that we can move on with the prosecution.
You mean that's what you want to spend one day doing?
Yes.
Are you telling us to take your share of cases for today?
Yes, please!
Please stop already!
You have your nerve making your senior prosecutors do your work!
I'll take both of your share tomorrow!
I beg you, please!
The victim and his family are all suffering.
If charges are dropped and everyone starts acting like nothing ever happened,
their scar will never heal.
Knowing that, I can't overlook it.
If I can't help those people who are suffering,
there's no point in being a prosecutor.
That's just for your self-satisfaction, isn't it?
You want to feel a sense of accomplishment. You don't want to regret it.
Isn't that all there is to it?
Maybe so.
But I don't want to give up!
Prosecutor...let's give up.
Do as you please.
But for just one day today, you hear?
Yes! Thank you so much!
I'm going to re-examine the testimonies of the victim and the suspect.
Take these please.
Ohtsuka-kun, you have a surprisingly nice side to you.
Not really. An idiot like her
has to go through a dreadful experience before she learns.
Ah~.
- Prosecutor? - I'm going out.
Wait a minute!
Where are you going?
- Sorry, sorry... - Hey...
Prosecutor Takemura!
You said there were no surveillance cameras in the area of the scene, right?
- Yes. - What about in front of the pub?
Like I said, there weren't any.
- Then what about an eyewitness or... - Mikami-san!
I'll be right there.
Enough is enough. You can't just show up suddenly like this.
We're all busy here with a lot of cases too.
Excuse me, but did you hear of eyewitness reports or anything?
I'm very sorry. Yes. If you'll excuse me.
Complaint from the local police station.
It seems Takemura-kun went without calling first and
persistently followed the detective around.
- She went directly to the local police? - What's more, without warning.
She's sure young~.
Too sloppy.
Is there any way to prove that he got this wound
when he was hit by a glass?
That would be difficult. He can get this kind of wound from
falling down the stairs too.
He got this when he was beaten.
This mark was left when he was kicked.
- A glass? - Yes.
That day, in that private room, there should've been a broken glass.
Ah, yes, there was. A customer broke it.
Where is that glass?
- We threw it away. - Of course.
By the way, did you happen to see any blood...?
Blood? No, I don't think so.
- How about on hand towel? - Hand towel?
The stairs are steeper than I expected.
If you fall from here, you'd get hurt for sure.
That's terrible...
What you're doing is
- power harassment! - What did you say...!
- Wait, Chief...! - Who do you think is gonna believe what you say!
- Are you all right?! - Let's go!
- We could get in trouble.... - Just go!
Prosecutor Takemura?
I wonder why.
About what?
Why is Tanaka-san covering up for Onda and lying.
He saw his colleague getting beaten and falling in front of his eyes, you know.
Even if it was his superior, I don't think it's something he can cover up for.
That's certainly true, but...
Could it be his fear of Onda?
I wonder if there's something going on between those two.
Prosecutor.
Let's start heading back.
Excuse me. Do you usually take your walk
- around this time? - Pardon me?
We're from the Yokohama Prosecutors Office.
Did you pass through here around 9:00 pm on March 16?
I was away on a business trip that day, so I wasn't here.
- I see. - Thank you.
Excuse me!
Thank you.
This won't work. Ouch...
Are you all right?
I'll have to remember to wear sneakers next time.
I can't believe we're out here investigating haphazardly like this.
Today better be the last time.
My body won't be able to take it.
If only there was a surveillance camera here.
After he left here,
Mukai-san was taken to the scene by Onda who came chasing after him.
But Onda is claiming that he headed towards the train station with Tanaka-san.
If there was an image of them leaving the pub,
we'd be able to expose Onda's lie.
Indeed. But we can't come up with something that doesn't exist.
Prosecutor. It's about time.
Prosecutor?
- Excuse me! - Yes?
Taxis are equipped with a drive recorder, aren't they?
You mean this? Yeah. Nowadays most of them are.
Where can I go to see the videos from them?
Indeed!
Excuse me.
- May I help you? - I'm Takehara with the Yokohama Prosecutors Office.
We're looking for a taxi that was
standing by on Nagata 1-chome on March 16 at around 9:00 pm.
I don't see any.
Then next is...
Let's go to Keihin Taxi.
There aren't any vehicles that were standing by around that time.
- Is that right. - Thank you very much.
21:01, Nagata 1-chome. Found it!
Excuse me. Please show us the drive recorder from this vehicle.
There's a shot of that pub.
Mukai-san should be coming out shortly.
- Huh? What happened? - The taxi's taking off.
Ah~ We were so close~!
It's okay.
There's the taxi behind it.
You're right. Let's see, the taxi behind it was...
Hokuto Taxi!
Let's go.
- Mukai-san! - That's him for sure.
There they are!
We can prove that Onda and Tanaka arranged beforehand to tell the same story.
- We can prosecute Onda, can't we? - Yes!
We did it~!
Thank you for your help!
That's okay.
We're back... Oh, no one's here.
I didn't know you were still here.
I was busy because of a certain hot-blooded prosecutor.
I apologize for causing you trouble.
But thanks to your cooperation, we found it. The proof that Onda was lying.
- We can prosecute him for assault... - You're too soft.
If you're gonna do it, do it properly.
Have a good night.
Ah~ Made it. That was close.
What's that?
Ohtsuka-san handed it to me, but...
Record of Deposits and Withdrawals?
- Prosecutor. - Yes!
How many times do I have to come in before you're satisfied?
The police report is going to be withdrawn soon anyway.
- No it won't. - Excuse me?
I don't think the police report will be withdrawn.
What are you talking about?
Onda-san, this is what you said, remember?
That on the night of the incident, you went outside chasing after Mukai-san who left the pub first.
But he was already nowhere to be seen, so you and Tanaka-san decided to go home.
Yes, that is correct.
That's why I never assaulted Mukai.
I see...
Then can you take a look at this?
What is it...?
It's a video from a drive recorder of a taxi that was parked near the pub
on the night of the incident.
That's Mukai-san, isn't it?
This is proof that you and Tanaka-san were lying.
Do you admit that you assaulted Mukai-san?
- But this is... - Onda-san.
Will you tell me the reason
you were harassing Mukai-san?
- I've done no such thing. - Wasn't there
a clear reason?
What?
Last November, you suddenly changed the supplier of construction material
to a company called Shimojima Industries.
Mukai-san could not accept that decision, and
voiced his objection to you, didn't he?
...quality and cost should be far superior. Please...
Are you telling me what to do?
From that day, your insidious bullying of Mukai-san began.
There is no truth to that!
This is Onda Chieko-san's...
your wife's record of deposits and withdrawals of her bank account.
On December 4, 2017, 10 million yen was deposited by a company
by the name of Shimojima Engineering.
This company is an affiliate of Shimojima Industries.
At the time you ordered construction material from Shimojima Industries,
you had them overstate their billing.
The 10 million yen was a kickback for that.
Am I wrong?
This is clearly an act of fraud against your company.
Fearing that this matter might get exposed,
you tried to give Mukai-san a hard time to make him quit the company
before he realized what was going on.
I've done...no such thing.
Tanaka-san admitted to everything, you know.
3 million yen was deposited in the bank account of
of Tanaka-san's wife on the same day as well.
That's correct. It was by Chief's order...
I thought it was strange all this time.
Knowing that it was a crime, why did Tanaka-san
make a false testimony to cover up for you.
It was because you two were accomplices in this act of fraud, wasn't it?
Apparently, your company is proceeding with procedures to sue you two for fraud.
You will be notified of your disposition before too long.
How did it up end like this....
I can't believe my life got ruined because of something like this.
Let me ask you one more time.
Do you admit that you assaulted Mukai-san?
What does something like that matter anymore!
- "Something like that"? - Don't put injury that would heal right away
- and my life in the same...! - It's not "something like that"!
You deeply hurt Mukai-san who had done nothing wrong!
It wasn't just Mukai-san. You hurt his family's heart too.
Please don't
settle this matter as "something like that."
Onda Toru-san.
I prosecute you for the criminal charge of inflicting injury.
Charged Offense and Applicable Penal Code
Inflicting Bodily Injury Penal Code Article 204
Good job.
Thank you.
Booyah~!
You sure have a loud voice.
Ohtsuka-san.
- Thank you so much! - For what?
I thought there was something going on between Onda and Tanaka, but...
Under those circumstances, it's only natural to suspect the relationship between suspect and witness.
- I'll pay you back for all this with work... - That's impossible.
Your level of work is still way too low.
There are also victims in cases you put off for later.
Just because you resolved one case,
don't get the wrong idea that you're now a full-fledged prosecutor.
Thank you!
- Oh, Ririko. Going to work? - Yeah!
- Here, soy milk! - Thanks.
- Have a good day. - See you later.
- Have a good one! - Okay~.
Employee of Major General Contractor
Arrested on Suspicion of Fraud
Also for Inflicting Bodily Injury on Subordinate
Yes, that's our Ohtsuka-kun indeed.
- It wasn't even your own case. - No, I didn't really do anything.
But in any case, don't you think Takemura-kun did well too?
She sure did, didn't she?
- Well, well. That was well done. - Not at all. What we did randomly
just unexpectedly led to good results.
- Really? - Yeah.
It was just awful!
I got dragged all over the place. My legs were killing me.
She made me work till midnight...
It's not worth it unless I get double pay, don't you think?
But don't you think you're acting more lively?
Not at all!
- You're back at work then? - Yes.
I'm so glad to hear that!
If something should happen again, don't keep it all to yourself and
share it with your wife, okay?
That's right.
I'll do that.
Prosecutor, you're our champion of justice.
Champion of justice really does exist.
That's what we're going to teach our child too.
That's not true at all. I'm hardly...
I'm still a fledgling who hardly knows the meaning of justice.
Not to us.
We truly thank you.
Thank you.
Marriage is nice, isn't it?
I hope you have a healthy baby.
- If you'll excuse us then. - Excuse us.