"A NEW TOEI FILM" "The Proud Challenge" "Cast" "TSURUTA Koji" "UMEMIYA Tatsuo OZORA Mayumi" "NAKAHARA Hitomi KUSUNOKI Yuko OZAWA Eitaro" "TANBA Tetsuro" "Directed by FUKASAKU Kinji" "Are you sure this is the place?" "Absolutely." " This..." " You're doing well." "We'll do this later." "I know." "It's the MS machine gun." "I didn't know old fashioned weapons were still in demand." "You made a killing with this." "But after the end of the Korean War, your military division isn't doing so well." "It's strange since the Dept of Defense hasn't given you a large contract for the machine guns." "So who's the buyer?" "Cuba?" "Too far?" "Then it must be Laos, or Vietnam..." " Or is it Sumatra?" " Of course not." " We don't do anything illegal." " I know that." "But there's a nasty rumor people from the south are here to buy weapons." "There's no smoke without fire, correct?" "My newspaper Tekko Shinpo only prints the truth." "We're not a gossip sheet." "Our advertisers are established businesses." "Isn't that right?" "Go to headquarters if you want us to place an ad." "Oh, the president seeing off a guest?" "Who is it?" "Smells like someone from the south." "Kuroki!" "Mr. President, a guest from the south?" " Who are you?" " I'm so sorry." "He's a reporter for the trade newspaper." "Here's our ad fee." "Please take care of it." "Oh, this is too much." " Take some for expenses, then." " Oh, thanks." "To tell you the truth, I wasn't sure about this but this is incontrovertible proof." "Bye." "Kuroki?" "So it is you." "Didn't recognize you with those glasses." "Oh, hi, Hiromi." "You've changed." "Do you work here now?" "Can I visit you tonight?" "Still at the same place?" " Yes." " We'll talk then." " Did you get that car?" " Sure did." " The passenger, too?" " Of course." " Here." " Thanks." "It looks good." "What?" "Will you stop interfering in this case?" "Answer me!" "I won't stop." "I'm a reporter." "Will you disobey the army's orders?" "Do as you wish." "I won't stop." "I warn you, as one Japanese to another." "No matter how hard you try, they won't print the article." "It's better if you do as we say." "I refuse." "Don't say we're the same." "You crazy bastard." "Kuroki?" "Do you know this man?" "Yeah." "I think his name is Takayama." "Who is he?" "I don't know." "Kuroki sure has good instincts." "He got an ad from Mihara Industries." "They bounced a check the other day..." "They ventured into peace time projects and failed." "Because of the treaty there isn't as much profit, but they were making a go of the weapons business." "Trying to change over to diesel engines was their downfall." "Maybe good times will come again." "Those were the good old days." "They'd give us money without being asked." "Now you have to be pushy like Kuroki to make trade papers work." "Why don't yen wear sunglasses too?" "Hatano!" "Here." "This ethnic culture exhibit..." "That person from the south has an exhibit in it." "When he escaped during a coup d'état, he smuggled out something really interesting." "He's here on the pretense of cultural exchange." "Some Japanese company must be sponsoring him." "Could you find out who from the state department?" "Okay." "Oh, this." " Hatano?" " What's this all about?" "I think we may have hit a gold mine." "They'll give more if we push." "It's a money tree." "Have you visited Japan before, Miss Marin?" "No, this is my first time." "Your Japanese is excellent." "My mother was Japanese." "I see." "And your father was a foreigner?" "Yes, my father was executed by the revolutionary force." "How do you feel about asylum in Japan?" "It was the silver lining in the cloud." "I was able to survive with my husband." "Did all these people fight during the revolution?" "The reporter wants to know if you fought during the revolution." "We were double crossed." "Go to hell, you son of a bitch." "What's the matter?" "Giron was an officer so he doesn't like that he lost to the revolutionary forces." "This may be a strange question..." "There's a rumor you're in Japan to buy weapons." "Are you aware of that?" "We have no political aspirations." "Refugees need bread more that weapons." "I see." "And isn't that illegal in your country?" "Some think there's more money in illegal transactions." "For instance, Takayama..." "It seems you know him." "Excuse me." "Which paper are you from?" "Tekko Shinpo." " Tekko?" " It's a trade paper." "Thanks." "Hello, Tekko Shinpo." "Oh, Kuroki?" "I got it." "Their sponsor is Toyo Arts Society." "Toyo Arts Society?" "Who do you think their head is?" " Takayama Hiroshi." " I see." "And it was created just a bit before they came to Japan." "You go watch their hotel." "Toyo Arts Society" "Where's Takayama?" " Who's asking?" " A reporter." "Takayama?" "Where's Takayama?" "I'm Takayama." "And you are...?" "Oh, excuse me." "My card." "Oh, you're from a trade paper." "What can I do for you?" "I want to see the real Takayama... the one that was at Mihara Industries today." "Meaning?" "You're not Takayama." "The Takayama I came to see was in special ops during the war." "After the war he went to work for the GHQ of the Allied Forces." "He's a wild dog who'll work for anyone for scraps." "Unfortunately, I don't know any wild dogs." "Please leave." "Have it your way." "I see you're sponsoring an exhibit with guests from the south." "This ethnic culture exhibit is just a cover and they're here to buy weapons, rumor says." "That's what I'm going to write in my article." "That's totally unfounded." "Yeah yeah." "We're thug reporters who print untruths and lies." "Ask the other Takayama if we can print this photo." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Where's Hiromi?" "She's at the factory." "She'll be home soon." "Are you Hiromi's friend?" "No." "When she was this high she and her grandpa shined shoes in front of our building." "When her grandpa died, I found her a job." "Where did you get your injury?" "Oh this?" "In Korea." "I see." "But I've got used to it." "Hiromi's been very kind." "I'm happy." "Oh, you're here already." " Yeah." " Welcome home." "I was surprised when I met you at the factory." "You're so grown up." "The chief grilled me about you afterwards." "Like what?" "Where I met you... and I shouldn't be talking during work hours..." " Please come in." " No, I have to go soon." "Your factory's making MS machine guns now." "Yes." "Thanks to that, we weren't let go." "Do you know who ordered them?" "Isn't it for the Self Defense Force?" "Could you check that?" "I also need to know when the delivery date is, too." "Is it important?" "Sort of." "Well I'll be going." "You got married." "I had several jobs... and when I was working at a bar near the base..." "So you work to support him?" "You saw his condition." "He says life will be tough back in America." "You have your hands full." " It's okay." "Take it." " Thank you." "I'll wait for your call." "Here." "They have four rooms on the third floor." "No one's come to see them since they returned from the exhibit." "This hotel itself is an international exhibit." "Are you Mr. Kuroki?" "You have a phone call." "Wait a second." "How did you know I was Kuroki." "That gentlemen there..." "The guest at coat check pointed you out to me." "Hello, this is Kuroki." "Can anyone else hear this?" "Don't worry." "That's what I always say." "Who are you?" "Someone who you want to meet." "In thirty minutes come to Restaurant Koln in Marunouchi." "I don't like this." "Are you going?" "Of course." "You must be more careful." "Suspicious characters." "Going for a walk." " Get in." " Takayama." "Quickly." "You're the reporter who wanted to see me?" "This was a complicated set up." "I have many competitors." "But more competitors mean the profit's larger." "Can't complain." "I'll hear you out." "Have you forgotten me?" "Sorry, you don't look familiar." " We might have met..." " It was during the war." "Yamaguchi Natsuko was killed on base." "The murderer hasn't been caught." "Remember now?" "I see." "You were the one." "You were a good reporter." "But what good does it do to dig into" " a death of a whore now?" " Stop that." "Natsuko wasn't a prostitute." "It was dealt as a simple murder." "But I traced her back to the special ops unit." "That's where she disappeared." "Which means your unit killed her." "I was threatened to drop my investigation, then was fired from the newspaper." "You did it to cover up the truth." "You wanted to see me to confirm the facts of the case?" "Maybe you can forget, but I never will." "I see." "Then I'll tell you." "Your information was right." "Natsuko worked for the Japanese-Russian League." "We tried to get her to gather information but she refused." " She was a fool." " Fool?" "You mean she wasn't a rotten bastard like you." "Post war Japanese don't have guts anymore." "So that's off the mark." "She didn't have to die if she complied." "You don't know what you're saying." "You were complicit in her murder." "Don't." "It's too hard to talk in the car." "Let's get out." "Let's get this settled." "How much do you want?" "It's an old story so it's not worth much." "I'll pay you a bit for compensation." "Do you think I'm chasing you for just money?" "What else would a blackmailing reporter want?" "Or are you doing it for some old fashioned justice?" "That's not a bad way to go." "Depending..." "Stop beating around the bush." "What do you want?" "I've been thinking about that." "Now I know." "What I want isn't money." "It's your downfall." "Your high and mighty attitude, it hasn't changed." "I'm going to bring you down." "So that you'll become just another Japanese." " You can't do that." " Sure I can." "For instance, this is what I'll write." "Former intelligence office smuggling weapons to southeast Asia..." " ...with this photo." " Is that it?" "That's not proof." "I'll find enough to nail you." "I won't guarantee your safety if you go too far." "I heard that ten years ago." "It doesn't bother me." "Oh really?" "They say there's no cure for foolishness, but this will do the trick." "Walk away from this." "I can't wait too long." "My answer won't change." "Kuroki!" "We're finished playing cops and robbers." "You're no longer a reporter for a major newspaper." "What you write won't hurt me." "Think what you will." " Are you all right?" " Yep." "I lost him once during the chase." "I was worried." "So you think we can shake Takayama down?" "We'll have to give that a rest." "We support the Japanese." "But they say, "Yankee go home."" "I didn't want to come to Japan." "But I'm here." "I saw the best of our generation scarred by blackness... starving, hysterical, naked..." "dragging themselves through the dark dawn looking for an angry fix." "The beast of dawn?" "Understand?" "The words of the desperate never goes out of our mind." "I met a girl like you." "She was at Yale with me." "Are you homesick?" "Very much." "In my student days" "I was always dreaming of going somewhere." "When I reached the age of military service" "I longed for the Orient." "Are you disappointed with Japan?" "Well, the army is the army." "Why did I come here?" "What am I doing now?" "I can't understand." "I know nothing." "A sweet and unhappy young man." "I talk too much." "I've never talked to anyone this much since I left Yale." "Someone to see you." "Oh, Kuroki." "How long have you been working here?" "I just started." "Do I look like a hostess?" "If you needed money, you should have called me." "But I still owe you my tuition so I felt bad." "We need to talk." "Can you take a break?" "It's about your sister." "Sister?" "I checked with a guy who was in intelligence." "He confirmed everything was a lie." " I see." " I should have found out sooner." "But I want to write an article now, including the part that I couldn't write about before." " Would that bother you?" " Of course not." "It's the past." "But why, all of a sudden?" "All of a sudden, I got really mad." "And that gave me back my instinct as a reporter." "So if you write this article, you'll be the old you?" "Maybe." "Good." "Then don't mind me." "Write what you must." "And take of your sunglasses you're at it." "My sunglasses?" "Yes, you look pretty dismal with them on." "You can't see the truth through colored glasses." "Quite the opposite." "These shut out distractions and I remember things exactly as they were." "But isn't it bad to be so rooted in the past?" "Perhaps." "But no matter what I do now," "I can't divorce myself from that incident." "I understand that." "You, more than I were deeply wounded by it." "So you probably don't like it that I'm working at a bar." "Of course not." "I think you should quit." "My boy, women are women." "You crawl into bed with them and you won't be lonesome anymore." "No..." "I just want to discuss..." "No, nothing." "Oh, Miss?" "Please show this boy how sweet Japanese women are." "Who are you?" "I'm a friend of this lady." " You gonna give me trouble?" " That's right." "Before a Yankee gets in bed with a girl." " Kuroki!" " You go back inside." "You shouldn't be working here." "Wait here." "A dark cloud over Japan?" "I'm having the section chief read it." "I think it's more suited for a magazine." "You're wrong." "A Japanese woman was killed needlessly." "They made her look like a prostitute." "It's not something to be taken lightly." "Hey, Kuroki." "You're a journalist." "You must know that the freedom of the press is based upon calm analysis of events." "Then I ask you." "What does that mean?" "Does it mean I have to censure myself just like during the war?" "I didn't say that." "But we're not a Communist paper." "We don't print articles that are openly critical of the intelligence dept." "I see." "So Maicho Newspaper hasn't changed a bit since I was fired." "See no evil, hear no evil, say no evil?" " How dare you!" " It's true." "You haven't changed." "Good to see you still doing your stuff." "But if we challenge everyone we won't have a paper." "Although they look down on us as a commercial paper we do our best to print the truth." "But truth is a difficult thing." "Do you know this story during the occupation?" "The then police chief said there were things he could only say on his death bed." "When I heard that, I was pretty depressed." "It's the lament of the defeated country." "But we have to change it little by little." "Step by step." "That's the only way we can resist." "Sorry for the lecture." "Let me think about this before I decide." "Forget it." "It hasn't changed." "Exactly the same." "You were sitting there at the time." "You and I sat next to each other." "You used to say this all the time." ""You have to be patient."" ""We can say anything after the occupation."" ""We can print anything."" ""Let's change things a little at a time."" "Step by step?" "Are you kidding?" "So have you changed after the occupation?" "I don't think so." "Your chairs just got bigger." "Let me make this clear." "You're inconsequential." "You won't change the world." "No, Takayama hasn't shown himself." "They're having lunch now." "If they're really after weapons, shouldn't weapon makers be courting them?" "But they're very relaxed." "Hey, you." "Tell Mr. Hiroi Takayama is here." "Yes, sir." "Well this is the model MS. 34 caliber." "Firing speed 208 meters." "It holds 30 bullets." "But if you remove the grip it can be used as a pistol." "Very convenient, no?" "I'll shoot the revolutionaries and kill them with my hands." "I wish you good luck." "But I don't want to kept waiting anymore." "I want to get the thing you promised." "Exchange this for cash." "When all the goods are on the ship, you'll get the rest." "Your wife will be sad..." "without these jewels." "When we succeed we get back all our land and estates." "So don't worry about those jewels." "I agree." "Mr. Takayama?" "When do you think the ship can depart?" "I'll let you know the sailing date." "Our everyday business depends on you." "Why do you tell us your address?" "Are you afraid I'll abscond with these jewels?" "Don't be funny." "Because in a crisis we'll have trouble informing you." "If the revolutionaries get my address, it'll be dangerous for me." "I understand." "But who would double-cross us?" "It may be you..." " or it may be you." " Don't you trust us?" "You talk too much." "Not just you." "Anyone can change his mind." "Don't ask questions if you want this to succeed." "What do you want?" "Your husband went to the bar downstairs." "So?" "I thought I'd give this to you." "I'm not sure I understand." "Think what you wish." "First the obvious." "Jewels are better on a beautiful women than as payment for machine guns." "I know that's how you feel." "That's not all" "No matter how many guns they get, there's no way to topple the revolutionary regime." "Then it's better to retain your considerable fortune and remain in Japan." "Am I right?" "You're good at reading people's minds." "Yep." "And you don't love your husband." "You only love the fortune." "So?" "I'll grant you your wish." "Divorce your husband." " Are you seducing me?" " Isn't that what you want?" "I'm glad to see you." "How are you?" "Everything's ready to move the weapons from the plant to the warehouse." "But I need your help getting them on the ship." "I have to move them fast." "We have to be careful." "The revolutionaries have an agent here that's got lots of pull." "Even if we get the goods across they'll make a lot of trouble for me if they get wind of it." "It's the same with me." "I want to consult you." "I need some money..." "in dollars, of course." "I can't give you any without a reason." "I'm working as much for you as for me." "Shall I give you another reason?" "There's a reporter that's been snooping around." "He's too damn close." "What?" "He using a girl who works at the plant." "Do you want to hear more?" "Tell me more." "Have you found out who ordered the weapons?" "Everyone seems to think it's the defense department but no government official has been here for inspection." "When's the delivery date?" "I think it's soon." "They're having us work overtime now." "I think it'll be within a week." "I see." "Let me know when there's no more overtime." "This isn't much, but..." "No it's okay." "You gave me some the other day." "But you're the only bread winner." "You must need it." "Here." "What?" "Sam's a really good person." "He's no different from any Japanese." "But people look at us strangely." "Even those who sympathize with me, they think I'm not normal." "I'm sorry." "That's not what I intended." "I'm sorry, too." " I'm getting a bit defensive." " That's not true." "You're trying to survive." "Take this and buy something Sam likes." "Thank you." "I'll see you." "Keep your chin up." "Who are you following?" "If it's me, here I am." "Who told you to?" "Takayama?" "Hey!" "Takayama?" "Oh, so it's not him." "Then you must be from the revolutionary regime." "Revolutionary?" " I don't know..." " Don't deny it." "I have a pretty good idea." "You're here to break up the weapons deal." "I can give you information." "I want to meet the guy with the revolutionary regime." "You're with the revolutionary government?" "Let's hear what you have to say." "You're looking for Takayama." "And trying to prevent the export of weapons." "That's my aim too." "Why don't we exchange information?" "Why should I trust you?" "Can't we join hands as fellow Asians?" "The Japs said that about World War Two." "But what was binding our hands were iron cuffs." "The Japanese economy bounced back with the Korean War." "Now you're trying to profit from other people's wars." "Asian history tells us not to trust the Japanese." "There are many kinds of Japanese." "My hands are clean." "I never profited from the bubble economy." "If you change your mind, call me." "Here she comes." "Where is she going?" "It'll be great if she leads us straight to Takayama." "Oh, she's stopped." "I can't believe Takayama is here." "Of course he isn't." "It's the office of the revolutionary regime." "Then why is she here?" "Do you have the delivery date for the weapons?" "Take a shot of where the car is parked." "Hi." "Sorry to call you out." "You must be busy." "You look down." "I knew being a hostess was too much for you." "Actually, I was fired." "Because I got rough?" "That GI was a regular." "I see." "Then I'll have to pay you compensation." "Yes, until I find another job." "Can you lend me 4,000 yen?" "Sure thing." "Do you have any leads?" "I think I can manage." "Thanks." "Don't get too desperate." "I don't mind that, but... you're still wearing your sunglasses." "Are you still working on my sister's case?" "It's not just about her." "The case is getting more complicated." "Oh?" "That's too bad." "When you finally took off your sunglasses..." "No, I won't." "I'll tell you next time." "Bye." "Kuroki?" "A guy named Sam just called." "He said Hiromi hasn't come home for 3 days." "What?" "Hiromi?" "Hiromi ditched me." "She's a prostitute." "She's a fickle woman." "Calm down." "Now tell me everything." "Hiromi hasn't come home for two days." "I thought she was working overtime." "Then I got this letter." "Letter?" "Show me." "It's a Dear John letter." "Sam, forgive me." "I found someone new." "I feel sorry for you, but I'm going with him." "Please forget about Hiromi." "But I love Hiromi." "I'll wait for her until she comes home." "Be quiet." "Three nights ago, a woman from this hotel went to a Russian restaurant." "The car was a Dodge." "Here's the number." "Do you want the others to know?" "He brought important information on the enemy." "But he wants to talk only with me." "So please leave us." "How much do you want for the photo?" "I'm not here about money." "I want to know where Takayama is." " Takayama?" " Don't act dumb." "Because of your plot, a woman is about to die." "Where is Takayama?" " We don't know either." " What?" "He wouldn't give us an address or a number." "He said he'd call us if he wanted to contact us." "That's his way." "Please don't tell anyone about the photo." "I'll do anything." "I'll give you anything." "Answer it." "Hello." "Is anyone else there?" "What's the matter?" " Is anyone there?" " No." "Come to the Ginza Freeway entrance at 3pm." "Come alone." "I'll brief you on the way." "Understood?" "Yes." "I've forgotten about the Russian restaurant." "But you must forget I was here, too." "Hiromi!" "Hiromi, it's me." "Hiromi!" "When I called you today, you said you were alone." "So how did he find out?" "Don't you think it's strange?" "Are you saying I betrayed you?" "I'll ask him when he wakes up." "Have you come to kill me?" "Don't tell Takayama it was me." "Wait." "Where's Takayama?" "Hey." "You go to the plant." "The cargo is loaded into three trucks." "It's planned to ship out in an hour to be stored at Horiguchi warehouse at the harbor." "There won't be any interference?" "It's broad daylight." "It doubt it, but it's good to be careful." "You wait at the harbor." "I've made a sample for custom inspection." "This will not be numbered." " All right?" " Yes." "You go to the hotel and bring Sudan to the warehouse." "The ship sails tonight but anything could happen." "So tell them they're on stand by." "What about Kuroki?" "Let him be." "If we have him locked up for today, the job will be done." "Then he won't matter." "Let's go." "You remain here." "No need for you to say goodbye to Sudan." "Don't move." "I'll shoot if you run." "Raise your hands and come here." "Then open this door." "Hurry up." "Yes, Tekko Shinpo." "Oh, Kuroki?" "Where are you?" "Today's the delivery date for the guns." "Yes, they'll load them on the ship today." "Yes, please contact customs." "I'll meet you in front of the main office." "Mihara Industries Plant One" "They're coming." "Damn." "It's a decoy." "Change of plans." "Load them on the ship immediately." " What about customs?" " Not a problem." " Where's Sudan?" " Upstairs." "You need to get them on ship quickly." "You should start now." "Why?" "What happened?" "The decoy trucks were attacked." "It's very dangerous." "I see." "But what 'happened to my wife?" "She said she wants to stay here in Japan." "That's not true." "Where's Marin?" "I can't tell you." "She wants asylum." "I don't believe you." "Women will weaken your fighting spirit against the revolutionary forces." "You have to hurry." "It's certain they were taken out of the plant." "I called customs and they're scheduled to inspect Mihara's agricultural machines." "I smell a rat." "It's here." "Are you sure this is the warehouse?" "Excuse me." "Has the Mihara cargo already been loaded?" "Yes." "It was such a commotion." "They said it was the army's special supply." "Customs made an exception but it was a struggle to get it done." " Then the ship?" " It sailed." "The departure was moved up." "Packing to flee?" "You're a fool." "I don't know how much the revolutionary regime is paying you." "They'll blame you for the wrong information." " Please, help me." " Too late." "Since you're packing, you must have plans." "Were you eloping with the reporter?" "No." "I was afraid of staying here." "So I was just getting out of here." "Please help me." "Hiromi." "What's happened?" "What's the matter with you?" "Hiromi!" "What's the matter?" "What's happened?" "Hiromi!" "Who harmed her?" "Who made Hiromi like this?" "Who did it?" "Sam!" "Take them home." "Can you explain why she was here?" "Yes, she was wandering around the hospital so we took her in." "She was incoherent then." "She didn't know who she was." "We didn't know who to contact." "Did you know a patient named Takayama?" "Yes, our patient." "Shall I take you?" "This is Takayama." "You remember me?" "I pointed a gun at you." "I've never seen you before in my life." "May I help you?" "What happened to the woman who was here?" "Oh, she left about 30 minutes ago." " Left?" " Yes." "Are you Kuroki?" "Yes?" "I have a message from Takayama." "What?" " Are you Kuroki?" " Yes." "He's waiting over there." "Good of you to come." "My treat tonight." "Have a seat." "What do you want?" "I thought you were looking for me." "You said you wanted to see me cry." "Unfortunately, I can't stop smiling now." "The job went well, I have tons of money..." "I have a pretty girlfriend." "When you're at the peak, you're sympathetic to the fallen." "How about a drink?" "Don't be so sure." "Stubborn as always." "You've targeted me and the intelligence group ever since that incident." "But you're wrong." "I was surprised when" "Maicho newspapers fired you." "I think it was your Japanese comrades that brought you down." "But I don't think the Maicho execs were wrong." "That was the only way the Japanese could survive." "Because of what we did look at how prosperous Japan is now." "Colonialism wasn't a bad thing after all." "You just have to use the system to profit." "I'm a lone wolf that will go where the food is." "Severe, lonely and romantic." "Doesn't that describe me?" " Are you done?" " What?" "Don't scream." "What does lone wolf do in this instance?" " Stop kidding." " You think this is a joke?" " You can't kill me." " Do you want to bet?" "Stop!" "How admirable of you." "You two are suited to each other." "I'll return this." "Let her go." "Don't talk big when you hide behind your woman." "You're just a parasite." "I wanted to kill you, but I don't think I have to do it myself." "If I destroy your organization, you'll die too." "This time, I'm going to write everything." "It may change the world a bit." "Wait." "Tekko Shinpo doesn't have the power." "There are other papers." "Just watch." "I see." "But do you have all the information?" "Aren't you just wandering in the black fog?" "Do you want to see the bottom?" "I don't need your help." "I see." "Don't you want to know what happens to today's weapon?" "Oh, my guests are here." "All right." "I'll listen." "You're too eager." "Sit down." "You're stubborn." "Here's the deal." "The weapons you wanted to stop is now on the open sea." "Don't you want it for yourselves?" "What do you mean?" "I know when and where they will be unloaded." "I can tell you where, depending..." "And it will be yours." "I think it's worth it even considering the price." "How about it?" "I'll bite." "Leaving during the act?" "I can see the ending." "Someone will betray you and you'll die." "I don't trust anyone." "Who can betray me?" "You'll betray yourself." "Enjoy yourself while you can." "Weapons Smuggling to Southeast Asia" "Revolutionary Regime Official Protest" "The Broker of Death" "Army Intelligence Influence Persists" "The revolutionaries have taken over our ship, and found that the goods were shipped from Japan." "The Japanese authorities deny these accusations." "But this Kuroki is making a lot of trouble with his articles." "It's only gossip now." "But if he keeps poking his nose around people may begin to wonder if there isn't something behind what he's talking about." "If we don't find Takayama as soon as possible, and do something to stop Kuroki, it's sayonara for us." "What newspaper does Kuroki work for?" "I see." "So you want me to stop writing?" "We used to specialize in blackmail and threats." "Now it's the opposite." "Our mail contains only threats to us." "So I'm asking you what you're going to do?" "Are you asking me to take responsibility?" "That's the boss's prerogative." "I'm going to keep writing." "no matter what." "But I won't be fired." "I've found even this little paper is useful." "It's not your newspaper." "I'm saying no one can stop me." "I'm not the kid I was ten years ago." "You can't get rid of me that easily." "No one's saying they're firing you." "But I have my position..." "So you do as you wish." "I'm going to be out on business for a while." "But you have a long future ahead of you." "Think of the future and stop being stubborn." "I don't get it." "How long are you going to persist?" "Isn't this a good time to let go?" " Good time?" " That's right." "It's not worth it to persevere here." "You're the living ad for political suicide." "I don't know what you're getting at." "I don't like debating but," "I'll say this since I've been in from the beginning." "Aren't you too fixated on the incident 10 years ago?" "The wall you ran into can't be removed by a single person." "And if you persist, your wound won't heal." "You wouldn't know." "You haven't lived with it." "But today rather than yesterday... tomorrow rather than today." "You always have to be forward looking." "How you get on depends on your outlook." "Are you happy now that you've said your piece?" "What do you mean?" "Don't ask me." "Ask yourself." "You win." "That's why I said I hate debates." "There's no reason for us to fight." "But we're at a crossroad." "We have to choose one path." "I like the straight and narrow." "The opposite of you." "I wish you well." "Yes, Tekko Shinpo." " Is this Kuroki?" " Yes, that's me." "Yes, I'll give you Takayama's address." "So let me go to America." "Do you believe me?" "He's at the Bunka Apartments at Asahi-cho." "Room number 316." "Yes, Takayama's here." "Yes, please." " Who was that?" " No one." " Your tailor?" " Yes." "When did he say he will be here?" "They're right about birds of a feather." "You're bad a villain as I am." "Everything turned out just like the reporter predicted." "No one was supposed to double cross me." "Why did this happen?" "It was my mistake to fall in love with you." "Yes, this is Takayama." "Is this the revolutionary official?" "You can have Marin." "Of course, certainly." "She just left." "I suppose she'll run to the intelligence group." " Hello?" " It's me." "It's been a while." "You seem to be cranking them out." "The communist and adult papers are a poor outlet." "Is that why you called?" "Don't be so antagonistic." "Don't you want to know the psychiatric hospital's connections?" "It'll cost you." "But I'll give it you as compensation." "Looks like you're still up to your old tricks." "Don't you think you've done enough?" "I don't have time to argue." "I have a ship to catch." "If you want the info, come to Landfill 4." "Don't be late." "You'll be sorry." "Takayama!" "Daylight Murder in Landfill Yakuza Wars?" "Well?" "No one would listen." "They don't understand." "It's the same." "They pretend not to know." "Same as 10 years ago." "Don't let them defeat you." "You'll never be able to take off your sunglasses." "Maybe it looks the same to you but it's because of the sunglasses." "It's changing a little but you have to look hard." "What's changed?" "I want to see that, too." "If I can see if by taking these off, I will." "First, what's right in front of you has changed." "You didn't notice, did you?" "I'm in love with you." "The you without the sunglasses." "Don't say that's insignificant." "If people change, the society will change." "Goodbye." "Don't throw it away." "Use it as a stepping stone." "I'll be seeing you." "THE END"