"and secured a loan agreement of 500 million yen from Nishi Osaka Steel. was actually window dressing its financial statements in order to hide its massive debts." "it went into bankruptcy." "Hanzawa and the bank was cleanly cheated out of the 500-million yen loan." "Manager Asano was scheming to shift the entire responsibility on Hanzawa alone. and vowed to recover the 500 million yen in order to clear his name." "That was the only way for Hanzawa to survive as a banker." "100)}4 hours after the hearing investigation" "Hanzawa?" "I heard you said at the hearing that you weren't responsible for the loan mishap!" "The folks at Headquarters were obviously trying to pin the responsibility of that" "Osaka Nishi Branch." "I merely told them in no uncertain terms that was not the case." "Our responsibility?" "!" "I merely stated the truth." "75)}There was a loss of 500 million because of your fault as Loan Section Chief." "100)}Branch Manager Asano Tadasu 426)}Assistant Branch Manager Ejima Hiroshi" "40)}The truth is nothing more nor nothing less than that!" "Ejima-kun." "He must have his own ideas." "I'd be hard pressed to say Headquarters has a very good opinion of you." "You'd better hurry if you want to clear your name." "I don't know much longer I can keep on sticking up for you." "I don't intend to let them unload all the responsibility on our Branch without putting up a fight." "Manager Asano." "I never knew Nishi Osaka Steel was in this bad of a shape." "They sure did a good job of deceiving us." "It's hard even for us bankers to understand 100)}President of the now bankrupt Takeshita Kogyo" "100)}Takeshita Kiyohiko 75)}the flow of money with just 3 years worth of off-balance sheets." "Would you mind comparing them to your books?" "That's no problem." "Is the situation that bad?" " What's the matter?" " This is odd." "We didn't make all this money." "Our proceeds from Nishi Osaka Steel was about 500 million." "But it says they paid..." " 700 million." " 200 million disappeared somewhere." "Show me you books please!" "428)}Higashida's mistress Fujisawa Miki 367)}Nishi Osaka Steel President" "463)}Higashida Mitsuru" "huh?" "Higashida's been padding his books for at least 3 years." "he was steadily building up his stash over the past 3 years and making preparations." "Nishi Osaka Steel's bankruptcy was intentional." "the fact that they went bankrupt as if it was planned and all that makes sense." "not by but by intentionally making his company go bankrupt." "what does that mean?" "Are you saying Higashida used me to commit intentional bankruptcy fraud?" "he even made my company go belly up..." "Does that mean the money he cheated me out of is in his pocket?" "Hanzawa-han." "I ain't an educated man." "Was it my fault for being so stupid that I was deceived?" "No." "It's the deceiver's fault." "Takeshita-san." "Hanzawa-han." "Let me ask you once again." "Let's find Higashida and recover the money." "I'm the one" "Shachou-han*!" "40)}(speaking in Osaka dialect)" " I have a favor to ask." " Yes?" "Will you stop talking in that weird Osaka dialect?" "433)}Hanzawa's wife Hana 75)}Present from Tokyo I asked you to get." "Terra Saison's rusks." "Sorry." "I already said I'd bring them to the tea party tomorrow." "Hana-chan." "Hana-chan... this is amazingly good!" "These cheap ones won't do." "I gotta go buy something else first thing tomorrow morning." "right?" "Don't worry about it too much." "I have to!" "That's the rule around here." "Hana-chan." "Aren't you curious?" "How the hearing went." "didn't you?" "I can tell by the look on your face." "That's why I'm trying to suck up to Mrs. Assistant Manager." "I have to do what I can to cover for you." "It's not a problem that can be resolved by something like that." "I know that." "But this is about the only thing I can do." "it's all on you... but" "don't lose!" "I don't want you dragging me with you any farther than here." "Dragging with me..." "I shouldn't have married a hard-headed banker." "moving all the time." "Nothing good happens." "100)}Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau we're checking out" "Fujisawa Miki." "Anything on the hidden stash?" "There's one thing that caught my attention. 50 million yen for unaccounted expenditure was withdrawn from Nishi Osaka Steel's account at their main bank." "50 million?" "That's a bit much for spending money." "Do a thorough investigation and find out what is was used for!" "can you take a look at this?" "Yamamura-san at Foreign Exchange found it." " Higashida Mitsuru?" "!" " Yes." "It's dated nearly a year ago." " The payee is Higashi Asia Resort in the amount of..." " 50 million?" "!" "It looks like the money was transferred from his personal account at our bank." "He had a personal account with us when we weren't even his main bank?" "Although it's closed now." "This Higashi Asia Resort is a company that deals with real estate investment properties abroad." "Real estate investment?" "Does that mean Higashida acquired a 50-million yen real estate overseas somewhere? it will be a big step forward to recovering our 500 million." "I'm going to go talk to this Higashi Asia Resort." "Hanzawa." "Put this together in a report for the Branch Managers' meeting by day after tomorrow." "It's an order from Manager Asano." "but we can't have you slacking off on your normal duties." " Let me do it." " Nakanishi." "go get a contract for a big loan or something." "Assistant Manager." "You guys too." "Go visit the clients or something." "The subordinates are just like their section chief." "we'll have to consider reshuffling the whole section." "Why are they doing that... it's not a bad thing for our branch too." " How can they interfere..." " Listen. he made a big deal at Headquarters that Chief was to blame." "Just think what'll happen if Chief recovers the 500 million despite that and he's exonerated." "They'll ask what all that fuss was about and" " may hold the Manager accountable this time." " No way. you'll get dragged into the mess..." "You too." " Hello." " Hanzawa-han." "though." "Got it." "I'll be right there." "Where's this place? Takeshita was checking Nishi Osaka Steel's subcontractors one by one to see if there were any other companies like Takeshita Kinzoku whose payments were being padded." "That was the company of a subcontractor called Awaji Kozai whose chain reaction bankruptcy was caused by Nishi Osaka Steel." "Hanzawa-han." "Over here." "I was shocked when Takeshita-san showed me the books." "I can't believe he was cheating 300 million over 3 years from us too." "409)}Akashi Bridge but were the only ones Higashida was blatantly cheating." "He took advantage of our weakness and mercilessly beat our cost down. 100)}Awaji Kozai President Itabashi Heigo but then they suddenly went bankrupt." "I can let that much go." "But to think they were doing such underhanded things behind our back." "Itabashi-han." "I feel the same way." "Let's join forces and try to get back what we can from Higashida." "but nothing to lose." "All right." " I'll do what little I can do to cooperate." " Itabashi-han." "I'll do anything." " Thank you." " We're heartened to hear that." "Let's get started right away." "Can you take a look at this?" "Higashida bought an investment real estate somewhere abroad for 50 million." "50 million?" "!" "Have you heard anything about it from Higashida?" "A vacation home abroad?" "that's news to me. we can seize it immediately. is he?" "That little shit Higashida!" "I won't let him." "I'll track him down no matter what and" "I'll recover it without fail." "eh?" "Someplace like Cairns may be nice too." "100)}East Asia Resort Development" "They're both very popular." "but how much are you planning to spend?" "About 50 million." "you have a choice of some pretty nice real estate." "are you here on a referral from someone?" "Yes." "Nishi Osaka Steel's President Higashida. where did Higashida-san say bought some real estate." "Are you one of his creditors? we're getting an endless flow of creditors asking about President Higashida. we cannot divulge our client's personal information." "It will reflect badly on our company's reputation." "Please leave." "Hello." " Did he show up?" " Yes." "Did you turn him away tactfully?" "He just left." "please don't bring in too much trouble for me." "aren't you!" "I'm expecting the value of that piece of real estate to go up." "There's no way I'm gonna let the bank take it." "Keep up the good work." "She said Hanzawa was there." "Just as you said." "I panicked when Takeshita and Hanzawa came." "When they confronted me out of the blue with intentional bankruptcy and even that vacation home." "That was good thinking on your part that you said you'd cooperate." "Now we can see their every move. find a chance to rip 'em off and destroy everything." "Like the off-balance sheets?" "You never know when you might get tripped up from something like that. he's finished as a banker." "Guys like that piss me off to no end." "I swear! it apparently flowed somewhere through Tokyo Chuo Bank." " Tokyo Chuo Bank?" " Yes." "Higashida apparently had a personal account at Osaka Nishi Branch..." "Sagami." "Then why was it overlooked last time? - it went unnoticed..." " If you mess up again..." "I'll crush you." "408)}Tokyo Chuo Bank Main Office" "Director Owada!" "Why do I have to leave the bank?" "Kurashima-kun." "This is rude." "I heard you were working on HR to have me shipped out..." "Send security to the hallway in the old wing." "375)}Nakanowatari Faction's member from the old Tokyo Daiichi Bank 474)}Kurashima Kenta" "40)}I can't leave behind my mother who needs care and get transferred out to the countryside." "Director." "Please withdraw the transfer." "Please!" "Please!" "Please!" "enough..." " Stop it." "I understand your predicament." "Kishitani-kun." "See if you can reconsider the transfer." "Really?" "Thank you!" "Are you sure you're okay making a promise like that?" "Withdrawing a personnel move that's already been decided is..." "Kurashima is" " a key figure in Nakanowatari Faction." " Kishikawa-kun." "where security guards have to be called?" "I apologize." "He's getting dealt with because he caused a problem." "These things happen because he hasn't been made to understand his responsibility." "75)}Please be thorough in the proper execution of your duties." "431)}Director Kishikawa Shingo" "Human Resources 467)}Ogiso Tadao" "I will handle it immediately." "100)}Executive Director Owada Akira but still... see if you can work something out so that he doesn't have to go out in the country when he's transferred." "Taking care of the sick is a hard thing to do." "what is it you wanted to talk about?" "I wanted to talk to you about the 500-million yen loan mishap at Osaka Nishi Branch." "I heard you were cleanly outdone by Chief Hanzawa." "I apologize." "And so?" "I was hoping you could put in a word with the personnel department as to his disciplinary measure." "I've left that matter entirely in Manager Asano's hands." "I don't think it's something I should meddle in right now." "But Director...this Hanzawa is an extremely irrational fellow. he's going around saying he's going to be the chairman." "I don't know if he doesn't realize his place or what. aiming to be the chairman isn't it?" "Good morning." "that's right." "Here's the original I got from Odagiri Sangyo first thing in the morning." " See if the seals match." " Will do." "100)}"Get this done by today."" "100)}Ejima how did it go yesterday?" "Did you find out anything about his real estate?" "I was kicked out as soon as I mentioned Higashida's name." "The client's personal..." "It's the Taxation Bureau again." "They just arrived downstairs." "Excuse us." "Move please." "Excuse us." "well." "Thank you for your hard work the other day." "There's additional data we want to look at." "Please cooperate again." " This way please." " Not necessary..." "Sagami!" "I'm going to tell you the documents we want you to provide." "Personal Account Nos. 2658300 through 2658370." "2658300 through 370." " These guys must've realized too." " Then the Taxation Bureau will take..." "Does Yamamura have the original?" "It's in the vault." "Surely you're not..." " You're progressing well." " Thank you." "General Affairs and Loan Sections..." "Never mind!" "It's a waste of time." "We'll go get them ourselves." "Where are they?" "Please wait. 2 years' worth of records is quite a load." " Can we get them ready for you?" " Don't mind us." "Or is there some kind of inconvenience for you?" "Nakanishi." " Show them to the vault immediately!" " Yes." "the personal account records!" " Yes." "The vault is in the back." "It's faster to take the hallway downstairs." "but please go down again." "This way please." "why go down..." "Let them go." "They said they want to go themselves." "Let's have them take the longest route possible." "This way please." "I have a favor to ask." "We're going this way." "Does anyone need to use the restroom?" " Just show us the way!" " Yes." "Where is it?" "It's the one furthest in the back." "Hurry up and unlock it." "You can stay here." " Is it here?" " Yes." "Chief... you'll be in deep trouble." "it's sink or swim for me." "What happened here." "One invoice number here is missing." "Yamamura." " That's impossible..." " Such careless control is unacceptable!" " I'm sorry." "Forget it." "Where's the account records? and we were told it will take a while to restore." "at an important time like this. what are you trying to hide?" "We would never hide anything from you." "Where's that Loan Section Chief?" "He went out on a business he had to attend to." "isn't it?" " What are you doing!" "This is part of the investigation too!" "but did Hanzawa do something..." "I'll make an exception and tell you." "What we're pursuing is Nishi Osaka Steel and" "Higashida's enormous amount in tax evasion." "It's a secret." "Submit the account records today." "I'll report this matter to the Financial Services Agency." " Regional Taxation Bureau?" " That's why we don't have much time anymore. - the Taxation Bureau will take it all." " Can't you do something about it?" "Banks can't defy the Taxation Bureau." "Are there any new leads?" "Everyone's on their guard." "they all clam up." "Seems to me he's forestalling us." "Hanzawa-san." "Can you let me see all the documents concerning Higashida once?" "There may be a clue leading to the vacation home abroad." "even if the possibility is remote." "you're right." "I'll go back once and ask my former employees if they know anything about Higashida." "All right." "Let's meet here again at 5:00 pm." "I'll see you later." "It's gonna be tough if we only have today." "do you have some other leads?" "What?" "The Taxation Bureau's become aware?" "They're going to make a move soon." "that vacation home will be confiscated too!" "Quit your whining." "Don't worry." "You agreed to hand over that vacation home to me if I cooperated with you." "You told me I could live in comfort abroad." "That's why" "I went along with your padding of the books and intentional bankruptcy. did you get rid of all the documents those guys have?" "I'm supposed to get them at 5:00 pm at Takeshita's place." "5:00 pm." "Get rid of them ASAP." "The vacation home..." "You sure it's safe?" "Of course." "What?" "Are you alive?" "Hanzawa-kun on the edge." "but I don't have time to talk to you." "I'm hanging up." "did something happen?" "Somewhere abroad?" "A piece of real estate in Higashida's name?" "you gotta get a hold of that property." "Don't make it sound so easy." "There's nothing I can do if I don't know where it is. there were talks of what to do with you." "100)}Headquarters Loan Section Tomari Shinobu" "Osugi and his cohorts but but there was someone who stopped that." "Who was it~?" "Director Owada." "this Hanzawa-kun. and grit to easily defeat you in argument." "I'm personally looking forward to it." "Don't you guys don't feel that way? the top gun of us bankers from the old Sangyo Chuo stood up for you." "Director Owada might help you." "I'm not so sure." "Tailwind often change to headwind all of a sudden." "Exactly." "That's why you've got to hurry." "Do whatever it takes to show results while" "Director Owada's still interested in you. how's Kondo doing?" "Is he all right?" "He's temporarily at HR right now." "40)}His place of loan will be decided soon." "as it's commonly called measures." "and sexual or power harassment are 469)}confined while awaiting disciplinary measures." "and 40)}ordered to make meaningless rosters." "they have no shame." "you're in no position right now to be worrying about others." "aren't you?" "Then don't think about anything else." "You'll have to survive for Kondo too." "that's what I intend to do." "Director Owada's whims are very annoying." "but it wouldn't do to set a bad example by delaying his disciplinary action." "Exactly. what do you think about conducting a discretionary on-site inspection in the near future?" "Discretionary on-site inspection..." "I see." "Here's Nishi Osaka Steel's file and a copy of the detailed account transactions you asked for." "Sorry to trouble you." "It's a hassle if Manager finds out." "we're submitting Higashida's account records to the Taxation Bureau by 8 o'clock." "4 more hours." "That's the limit for putting them off." "Got it." "Go ahead and them I'm to blame." "Thank you." "I don't believe those words." "after all." "The supervisor takes credit for his subordinate's good deed." "The subordinates takes responsibility for his supervisor's blunder." "You know that the best." "That's for sure." "But that's not how I want to be." "This is everything we have on Higashida and Nishi Osaka Steel." "I'll take a look." "There are important documents here that we have to submit to the Taxation Bureau by 8 o'clock." " Can you go through them immediately?" " Will do." "I'll take a careful look over there." "Please." "We don't have much time left." "but we may have to hand it over to the Taxation Bureau this time." "We'll just have to hope that Higashida has more stashed away someplace else." "What happened!" "are you okay?" "53-88..." "Was it one of Higashida's men?" "Probably..." "I'm going back to the bank now and deal with the Taxation Bureau." "The license plate number of the bike." "Please give it to the police." "All right." "I'm really sorry." "The opponent was one step ahead of us." "That's all." " Hanzawa-han..." " If you'll excuse me now." "You idiot!" "Didn't I tell you to come at 5:15?" "You were 10 minutes early." "And pushing me with all your strength besides." "I had to get three stitches!" " I'm sorry." " Here." "Get outta my sight." "Idiot!" "Itabashi-san?" " Why are you here?" " We're asking what you're burning!" "They're nothing." "Just some personal stuff." "You expect us to believe that?" "you traitor." "First time I felt something was wrong was when you presumed Higashida's real estate abroad was a vacation home and called it as such." "Higashida bought an investment real estate somewhere abroad for 50 million." "A vacation home abroad... but vacation home." "Isn't because you knew about that piece of real estate?" "That was just coincidental." "the taxi." " Taxi?" "didn't you?" "How much was the fare?" "000 yen." "I find it hard to believe that someone whose company went bankrupt and has debts would waste money like that." "Old habits die hard." "I did it without thinking." "You have an account don't you?" "An amount much too large for a grade school child was deposited on May 16th." "Nishi Osaka steel deposited the money immediately before it went bankrupt." "That proves clearly that you're connected to Higashida. you're gonna fess up everything you know." "where did Higashida buy his vacation home?" "And where is he now?" "Who knows." "What can a mere banker do at this point in time?" "Those very valuable documents have all gone to ashes. are finished too." "Were you talking about these documents?" "Hanzawa-han." "I was fooled too." "I would've never guessed those documents you gave him were fake." "That can't be..." "Itabashi?" "It's true." "About the only thing a mere banker can do is trace the flow of money." "and tell your family everything." "I'll have to tell the employees who were working here unaware of all this." "When they find out you were lining your own pocket I'm sure they'd all be thrilled." "Because now they have a reason to live called revenge." "I'll report you to the police." "With unassailable evidence." "so please stop." "I'll tell you everything." "Higashida bought his vacation home on the Hawaiian island of Oahu." "The exact location and the address of the maintenance company are written here." "Where's Higashida now?" "I really don't know." "we only met outside or kept in touch by phone." "Then call him right now and find out where he is." "I'm gonna expose everything you did." "Sir!" "We just received Higashida's account records from Tokyo Chuo." "What took so long!" "Here it is...50 million." "huh?" "there's something I want you to work on right away." "Did you find out the location of Higashida's real estate?" "Hawaii?" "Give me more details." "I'll e-mail you the specifics afterward." "All right." "I know the chief of the Legal Department well." "right?" "He might still be there." "I'll go take a look." "Thanks." "The Taxation Bureau will be on the move too." "Do whatever you can to seize it first." "Takeshita-san." "aren't you?" "Hanzawa-han." "I'm...not so sure about you anymore." "I'm thinking that maybe you're actually a terribly evil guy." "Just kidding." "But it doesn't matter if you are." "right?" "Naoki." "The most important thing is people to people relationship." "you hear?" "Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau." "We'd like to ask you some questions." "Don't move!" "Sir!" "Higashida's property is in Hawaii on Oahu!" "Contact the local authorities immediately!" " How did it go?" " We seized it." "Hanzawa." " 50 million will be recovered." " We'll recover it." "The Legal Department Chief is working out the details with the local authorities." "You escaped by the skin of your teeth." " I owe it to you." " Don't mention it." "Treat me next time." "I'll rent out the whole place." "I got another call." "Did you say they beat us to it?" "Check this out on the double!" " This is..." " Hurry!" "Sir!" "We tracked down Higashida." "Kobe." "It's the huge house by the beach." "You'll know when you get there." "let's all meet there." "Got it." "I'm on my way." "We found out where Higashida is." "I'll be back." "Where do you think you're going?" "We found out where Higashida's staying." "I'm going to go get him." "it's too late already." "did you finish what I asked you to do?" "More importantly?" "I told you they were material for today's Branch Managers' meeting." "Are they done or not?" "Which is it?" "I'm sorry." "The meeting starts in the afternoon." "Get started on it right now." "it's..." " This is an order!" "Chief!" "Please check the material for the Branch Managers' meeting today." "Mine too." "The profit progress data you asked for." "Please check it over." "I put yesterday's files together as well." "is there?" "weren't you scheduled to visit the clients today?" "Please go." "Thanks." "Hanzawa-han." "Get out." "Yes?" "It's Itabashi." "Is the front door opened?" "It's a good thing I dumped them." "Both that house and Itabashi." "I almost got tracked down." "What awful people." "This house is a little smaller though." "I'm glad I listened to your advice." "Hanzawa-han." "No one's upstairs." "Looks like he got away again." "here and there." "Loan Section Chief Hanzawa-san. he got away again." "How are you going to make up for this?" "didn't you?" "Wasn't there a problem with the way you carried out your business?" "Shut your mouth!" "Ours is an honorable job protecting the taxpayers' precious money." "We have no reason to be criticized by you bankers who collect money solely for your self-interest." "You folks are nothing more than filthy money lenders." "please wait." "Please give me some time." "You're absolutely right." "I have no intention of backing down." "I wonder how long you can maintain that confidence." "I'm sorry." "The property in Hawaii got taken away by the Taxation Bureau." "What happened?" "That bastard Kurosaki threatened the Legal Department Chief with something he had on him." " Legal Department Chief Ohta?" " Yes." "The restaurant operated by your son..." "There's a rumor it has a large amount of undeclared income." "don't you?" "Hand it over to me!" "Hawaii." "Don't resent me." "This is our job." "I don't resent you." "However..." "I'll double the payback and return it to you." "I'll screw you back." "It's double payback!" "That's my way of doing things."