"Osaka Nishi Branch of Tokyo Chuo Bank was subjected to a discretionary on-site inspection by Headquarters." "that was a malicious scheme plotted by" "Manager Asano in order to shift all responsibility to Hanzawa. and somehow managed to overcome the on-site inspection." "And in exchange for leaking the information on Hanzawa finally ascertained Higashida's hideout." "who should appear there but..." "Sounds like a good piece of real estate but it's rather pricey." "Beat them down as much as you can." "Get it done right." "I'm counting on you." "382)}Branch Manager Asano Tadasu 382)}Higashida's mistress Fujisawa Miki" "387)}Nishi Osaka Steel President Higashida Mitsuru" "Sounds like your new venture in Vietnam's progressing smoothly." "There's bound to be an ever-increasing demand for specialty steel." "Although I can't do it openly in view of the Taxation Bureau and the personal bankruptcy." "I fully intend to make it big again." "Ta-chan?" "I'll pay you more than you're getting now." "I'm still on track for an elite career at a mega-bank." "I have no intention of abandoning that career." "Then you'd better watch out." "For that Hanzawa dude." "Don't worry. the top won't remain silent. an official decision will be made on Hanzawa's disposition." "There's no way he can get out of this anymore." "I got beat up pretty good by this guy too." "This is Asano's personal history that was in the bank's personnel file." "And this is President Higashida's personal history that's been made public." "Umeda Daiichi Middle School." "Umeda Daiichi Middle School..." "You're right!" "They attended the same middle school." "But how did you know Asano lived here during his middle school years?" "There's a very capable detective in our family." "Manager Asano's originally from Osaka." "He attended a middle school near here." "they were even in the same grade." "Which means they knew each other since middle school 420)}President of the now bankrupt Takeshita Kogyo Takeshita Kiyohiko and they're connected in the background." "everything falls into place." "Why Nishi Osaka Steel suddenly decided to why Asano tried to force through the 500-million yen loan." "Perhaps the window dressing and intentional bankruptcy but something Asano put him up to." "Asano knew that we were getting deceived out of that 500 million from the very start." "421)}Headquarters Loan Section Tomari Shinobu" "And he had already decided to put that blame on you." "Tomaru-han." " It's Tomari." "Tomari-han..." "Why would he take such a risk for a classmate? Asano took the risk." "But there's no proof." "That picture alone isn't enough." "that's the end of story." "what shall we do?" "I felt responsible as a banker for failing to recognize the window dressing." "I was prepared to accept any punishment in the end." "But not anymore." "Asano crossed the line as a banker." "I won't let him get away with it." "I'll make sure I find the evidence and drag the bastard down." "they get double payback...right?" "No." "It's 10 times the payback." "We determined that 100 million is the appropriate amount for Hagimoto Unyu's new loan." "Fine." "Submit the request for approval." "Ejima-kun will have concurrent duties as Loan Section Chief. please step aside for a while." "What do you mean?" "While it's true there was misconduct on I understand upper management is deliberating if the problem doesn't lie with you too for bringing on the situation." "Pray tell what my problem is." "Don't you even understand something like that? our branch is currently being viewed with critical eyes by the public. with any kind of work." "I don't recall doing anything to warrant a punishment." "is what I'm saying!" "It's obvious I'm wasting my breath on you." "please." "Kakuta." "The additional loan of 50 million to Sakaishi Kogyo." "Sakaishi Kogyo is in the process of..." "You two look very close." "How much kickback did you get for the 500 million?" "Hana" "Manager?" "No...it's nothing." "What's the outlook for collecting the loan? and Sakaishi Kogyou's performance is rising steadily." "We don't foresee any problems." "All right." "Next..." "We were photographed together?" "looks like someone snuck a camera shot of us meeting yesterday." "Any idea who this Hana is? my guess is it's someone relatively close to me..." "Are you sure it isn't Hanzawa? you just keep your head held high." "I say." "you're gonna get tripped up!" "I know." "What's wrong?" "Nothing!" "well." "I'm surprised you found me here." "We followed you from your place." " My place?" " Komura-san was kind enough to tell us." " That old geezer..." " Higashida." " How much do you have stashed away?" " I don't know what you're talking about." "500 million from our bank." "more than 1 billion?" "Looks like I nailed it." " The hiding place of your hidden assets..." " Stop right there! I'm gonna report you to the police." "You're the one who's getting reported." "399)}Attorney Katayama Hironori" "I'm pleased to tell you" "I applied to declare bankruptcy." "Persist attempts to collect from me in the future will be considered illegal." "You'd better be watch out." "You've got tons of money." "There's no way they'd recognize your bankruptcy!" "I'm protected by the law." "Don't ever show that sleazy face in front of me again!" " What did you say?" "Hey!" " Takeshita-san." "Declared himself bankrupt?" "The impertinence!" "But now the bank can't openly interfere either." "Don't we have the permission to search yet?" "otherwise we may get sued... will you quit shrinking in fear!" "damn." "Hanzawa-han." "are you?" " What the heck are you doing?" " Takeshita-san." " Have you ever seen this logo?" " What is this?" "It was on the box of tissues in Higashida's car." "don't you think?" "Like those promotional goods banks pass out to their customers?" "but" "I've never seen this logo before." "Maybe it's a credit union." "Wait a minute." "Why would" "Higashida do business with a place like that?" "That may be where he has his hidden account." " What?" "!" " But I have no proof." " It's just a gut feeling." " No." "It's not just a gut feeling." "It's your gut feeling as a banker." "leave that to me." " I'll go check them all out one by one." " Thanks." "I'll try to find out what kind of a kickback Asano was getting from Higashida." "this is a critical point for us." "I'm working on a side job from tomorrow." " Side job?" " That's right." "but my senpai who lives here asked me if I wanted to do it." "it isn't." "It's just clerical work." "They're shorthanded." "Why?" "Do you need the money?" "but..." "Why not? but" "I don't see why you need to work." "Can't a housewife work if there's no reason?" "That's why bankers are hopeless." "Women assigned to main career track positions at the bank right?" "Deciding who does or doesn't get the loan for the convenience of men." "Do you really understand how working women feel?" "for the convenience of men?" "I'll do the housework as always." "It's just a side job." "Let me do as I please." "Fix your own dinner." "Why is she so mad?" "Higashida-san and I were classmates in middle school." "we don't have any association." "but you seem to be misunderstanding something." "I'll report you to the police." "I knew you'd say that." "406)}Main Building Great Conference Room" "The Chairman was called to the Financial Services Agency on a short notice and will not be attending." "Kishikawa-kun?" "410.571)}Director Kishikawa Shingo" "I've received reports that and we're currently in the process of selecting his place of transfer." "394.571)}Member of the Former Tokyo Daiichi Bank Managing Director Takagi" "Chairman Nakanowatari is very concerned too." "It will be troublesome if we get marked by the Financial Services Agency." "Remedy the situation posthaste." "Executive Director Owada?" "401)}Executive Director Owada Akira" "That branch has a lot of employees from the old Sangyo Chuo." "I figured you must be very distressed with the misconduct of your junior." "that is." "Since 1902 the Board of Directors' meeting has traditionally been held in this room." "that tradition is being carried on." "I feel motivated and inspired. is about to be sucked into this worthless conflict between the Sangyo Chuo faction and the Tokyo Daiichi faction." "Managing Director Takagi?" "You're the one who should be punished." "Hana" "Hanzawa?" "Are you Hanzawa-san?" "I'm appalled." "but" "I've never felt more disgusted than today." "But this by itself can't be the trump card to corner Asano." "I want proof that Asano was getting kickback from Higashida." "Can you guys lend me a hand?" "Please tell me if there's anything I can do." "I can't sit still after being taken for a fool like this." "Please let me do everything in my power too." "Thank you." "I appreciate it. please know that I didn't hear any of this." "I'm sorry." "If you'll excuse me first." "Kakiuchi was apparently warned by the Manager." "that..." "What is it? he's next." "I want you to observe Chief Hanzawa's behavior." "Observe?" "it's another." "I want you to note the times when he's entering text." "432)}Osaka Nishi Branch Hankyu Umeda Office Underground Parking Garage" "what on earth are you doing?" " I'm Loan Section Chief Hanzawa." " I know." "You're the celebrity of our bank right now." "I have no excuse to offer." "Can we talk to you about Manager Asano?" "Where is this?" "The Manager often had me park the car here while he conducted his business." "What business?" "Don't tell me..." " Is that where he goes?" " Yes." "the Manager has been using Kansai City Bank frequently." "Do you know what he does with his bank book?" "It's like he keeps it with him at all times." "He makes sure he puts it away in his brief case." "It's true he carries it with him whenever he goes out." "he keeps the brief case locked up in his desk." "He's being very cautious indeed." "What to do... bring them up front and start with the white ones." "why don't you join us and work with me?" "I had decided to do it just this one time." "it's such a waste of your talent." "Why did you quit?" "Because you got married?" "Your husband?" "but it's me who couldn't do it." "I knew I'd get totally wrapped up in my work and household matters would end up on the back burner." "I told my husband I got tired of it and quit." "he would've persuaded me to continue." "It's hard for me to comprehend." "Is your husband that important?" "More than this work?" "Yes." "I told you not to get involved with new loans." "I don't recall agreeing to it." "This is a Branch Manager's order." "It's not for you to agree or disagree!" "Are you trying to ignore me?" "I don't see much sign of repentance." "Hana" " That wasn't you?" " Excuse me?" "Nothing." "I'm faxing the attached photo to the teller window on the first floor." "I wonder what the female employee who sees this will say." "Hana" "What's wrong?" " I doctored it up real good." " Let's get this over with quickly." "Here's the duplicate key." "that son of a gun Asano." "It's not here..." "It's not here." "You there." "Uh..." "Did you get like a weird fax... that." "We got it a little while ago." "that's... just a prank." "right?" ""Asano-chan." "Good job!"" " Let's look elsewhere too." "are you done yet?" " He'll be back any minute." " This isn't working." "We can't find it." "it's impossible." "Let's pull out for now." "Chief!" "this book was released..." "Right around the time the loan was made." "This is where it was." "Fujisawa Miki..." "50 million yen!" "he's back." "he'll find out." "Manager." "There's something I'd like to talk to you in regards to Chief Hanzawa." "Can you come this way for a minute?" "Is Hanzawa scheming something again?" "I can't betray Chief Hanzawa after all." "Please allow me to excuse myself from the task of observing the Chief." "You'll be sorry." "Are you saying that knowing I'm from the personnel field?" "Excuse me." "they're all fools!" "I imagine you don't have any." "Foolish subordinates like that." "Being kept useless on the payroll by a guy like that is a fate worse than getting shipped out." "That's just what I thought." "I feel the same way." "right?" "Chief." "Chief." "It's begun." "huh?" "March 29th is the day after we executed the" "500 million yen loan to Nishi Osaka Steel." "was Asano's compensation." "48 million of that was transferred to Goyo Securities before the day was over." "Asano probably took a loss on stock credit transactions or something and walking around with such a precious bank book." "He probably thought it was safer than storing it somewhere." "It's typical of him who doesn't trust anyone but himself." "huh?" "right?" "Higashida's woman." "Yes." "Higashida transferred the money to Asano through an account in here name." "233)}Higashida → Miki → Asano" "This isn't enough to prove the connection between Higashida and Asano." "This is really pissing me off." "He's sure a cagey dude." "Locating Higashida's hidden account and revealing the flow of money to Miki and Asano's accounts is the only thing we can do." "Did you find out anything about that logo?" "that." "I went around all over the place and but I couldn't find the same one." " It might not be a bank logo." " I see." "I'll go stake out Higashida now and see if I can find out anything." "Where is Higashida now?" "he's at a club called "Artemis alongside the Dotonbori canal." "He practically lives there these days." "he has no shame." "You lost the bank book?" "it was nowhere to be found." " Are you sure it wasn't Hanzawa?" " I don't know." "but..." "Ta-chan. kill him." "You gotta get him before he gets you." "that is." "I know." "you're gonna lose everything." "right?" "Get a hold of yourself." " Are you all right?" " Shut up! I have it so it can't be traced back to me." " That's a relief." " You sure you mean that?" "aren't you?" "That's not true." "I'm worried about you the most. did you find a good place for it?" " Yeah." " I see." "Go make a tentative offer on it." "Really?" "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "I'm so happy." "I can't do anything." "Go ahead and put all of these in there." "All right." "no one's showing up." "Well?" "Do you have any idea?" "It seems I've seen this somewhere or maybe not... don't be unreasonable." "I just thought wrong." " You're worthless." "Worthless?" "Isn't that a bit harsh?" "After I came here out of concern for you using business trip as an excuse." "didn't you?" "you're absolutely right." "don't get caught off guard." "You never know what a cornered tiger might do." "The Board of Directors is making a move towards officially transferring you out." "There's no time to spare." "What?" " New York..." " What?" " It's New York Harbor Trust Bank." " A foreign bank?" "!" "and none in Kansai." "They change their logo every time they have a merger." "The logo you saw is the one before they merged with Duke Brothers about 6 months ago." "Hanzawa." "This bank's potential client for private banking has to have a financial asset of at least 1 billion." "he has more than 1 billion in his stash." "Just as I thought." "Hanzawa." "Recover that 500 million no matter what." "What?" "What's wrong?" "I just wondered how you recognized the logo of a foreign bank." "that's all." "Were you thinking about changing jobs? I feel as if I might forget why I became a banker." "I'm hoping to get into Project Finance." "I'd like to move billions of yen and get involved in big projects that would have an impact on the future." "I thought maybe..." "I'm still tied down to Tokyo Chuo." "Sorry." "That was nosy of me." "that's for sure." "is this the time to be worrying about me?" "A box of tissues in the car doesn't provide any proof whether Higashida has an account there or anything." "What the heck." "It's just the phone." "I was about to call you." "I found out what that logo is." "Really." "Before the merger..." "So that's what it was." "I found something interesting too." "Something interesting?" "198)}FOR LEASE" "Good day." "Nail salon." "This is a nice location." "The best district in Dotonbori." "It's a great place to do business." "also... we took the liberty to look up a few more things." "You're sure a scary woman." "but from Itabashi as well." "I wonder what Higashida would say if he sees this." "What are you scheming?" "We'd like to ask you to do something for us." "New York Harbor Trust Bank..." "That's where Higashida has his hidden account." "Isn't that right?" "did we get it right?" " So what if he does?" " I want the breakdown of his assets deposited there your bank book from Kansai City Bank that shows the 50-million transfer to Asano." "I'll keep quiet about Itabashi." "Higashida has all the important documents hidden away." "I have no idea where he keeps them." "Same goes for the bank book in my name." "It's absolutely impossible to sneak all that out." "I see." "I guess I'll just have to send this photo to Higashida." "I bet he'll be mad." "He might even kill you. you'll just have to give up opening your nail salon." "You're disgusting." "do as I say and bring the stuff." "I'll tell you one thing. it'll go under right away." "Don't take running a business lightly!" "What would a mere banker know." "I know because I'm a banker." "Why don't you go ahead and send that picture if you want?" "I can make any number of excuses!" "I don't think we can count on her after all." "What happened to your lips?" "It's just..." "Did you finally have it out with the Branch Manager?" "it's nothing like that." "I smell something fishy~." "I smell something fishy~ with you." "What are you hiding?" "Here!" "For you." "Hurry up and open it." "right?" "isn't it?" "Did you perhaps work to buy this..." "Don't mention it~." "I wanted to buy it with the money I earned myself." "right?" "There's something I realized after working for the first time in a while. like my desire to buy Naoki a new brief case. but for all kinds of different reasons." "you hear?" "You'll just have to give up opening your nail salon." "Don't take running a business lightly!" "what is this?" "Hana." "What's come over you?" "right?" "I'm Wakiya with the Regional Taxation Bureau." "Do you have some time right now?" "I don't know anything about a hidden account." "Both you and the bank are real pests." "Bank?" "but I'm willing to close my eyes to the funding source of your business and all your other illegal activities up to now." "Higashida." "The bank." "Me." "right?" "Manager went to Tokyo again." "How many times is this?" "368)}Support System for Business Start-up" "There's no doubt he's laying the groundwork to kick Chief out of here as soon as possible." "I still think we should use that bank book and rattle up Asano." "he'll just feign ignorance right now." "But if we don't do something... what have you been doing there?" "Banker's work. it was officially decided to transfer Hanzawa-kun out." "sir." "Let's consider this matter closed now." "I apologize for bothering you." "I didn't do anything in particular." "You may leave." "If you'll excuse me then. there was a similar occurrence long time ago." "There was a man who was on the fast track to an elite career from the time he joined the bank." "His performance at Headquarters was outstanding." "he didn't have any field experience." "right?" "And so he volunteered and became the branch manager of a major branch." "He struggled there for 3 years and and finally even got the Best Branch Office Award." "you never know what life has in store for you. his career was in jeopardy." "What do you think he did?" "...I don't know." "he shifted all the responsibility on his subordinate and evaded the issue claiming he was blameless." "The boss takes credit for his subordinate's good deed." "The subordinate takes responsibility for his boss's blunder. there was a guy who used that quote to a tee." "are you?" " Definitely not." " I see." "I'm placing my trust in you." "Asano-kun." "You're a real pest." "But I have no intention of submitting to your threats." "That was a pretty good idea to open a shop there." "There's a good chance hostesses will stop by there before going to work." "What are you saying?" "Are you trying to be nice to win me over to your side now?" "But I won't be deceived." "right? I'll have to give up my dream anyhow." "Isn't that right?" "Not necessarily." "You can borrow money from the bank." "Do you know what you're saying?" "I wouldn't have approached a man like Higashida in the first place." "A man like Higashida..." "I'm talking to you as a banker." "I'd like to hear about it." "And..." "I summarized the conditions you need to meet in order to get a loan." "How much do you have in savings right now?" "5 million." "There's this thing called business start-up loan. it's possible to get a loan of up to 15 million yen." "I'll help you with the paperwork." "Are you serious? you shouldn't depend on someone like Higashida." "Borrow openly from the bank." "That's why there are banks in this world." "I'll give you advice seriously too. take advantage of me and the bank." "You seem like a changed person." "That's because I have a new brief case." "What's that supposed to mean?" "Do you think..." "I can start all over again?" "Sure." "but I won't be deceived by a bank." "I was slapped twice by you." "Women with inner fortitude like that are suited to be business owners." "You can do it. that's what I think." "aren't you?" "Are you sure you haven't fallen for me?" "All right." "Let me take advantage of you." "I just got some personnel news." " Is it me?" " Yup." "They decided where you'll be going." "You should be getting official word by tomorrow." "I see." "So how's it going there?" "My fate is in Fujisawa Miki's hands." "Miki?" "Higashida's woman?" "Will that be all right?" "" as the saying goes." "Tomorrow's the critical point here too." "Oh yeah?" "Hanzawa." "Do you still want to repay the debt to this bank?" "at the job interview..." "That is the reason I want to join your bank and repay that debt." "I find it hard to believe that was your true intention." "what's your real reason for wanting to climb to the top?" "you'd continue to finance us." "That's what you said!" "please spare them at least!" "I beg you!" "I'll tell you one of these days." "If I can survive as a banker." "I have another call." " Hello." " Hanzawa-han." "We're screwed. jumped ship to the Taxation Bureau!" "Welcome."