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Nobusuke Kishi, the former prime minister
and chair of the funeral committee,
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will now share a eulogy.
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Mr. Yasunaga.
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Whenever there was trouble,
whether in Japan or elsewhere,
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{\an8}leaders of all sectors
came to seek your guidance.
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Whenever you received them,
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you drew wisdom
from many eras and cultures,
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illuminating fundamental principles.
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That person is no longer with us.
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Where will Japan go from here?
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Step forward, please.
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Mr. Yasunaga!
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Please forgive me
for not being by your side, Mr. Yasunaga!
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Hey, we can't see anything!
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Mr. Yasunaga!
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As for Kazuko and Yasunaga's marriage,
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his family filed a petition with the Tokyo
District Court to have it invalidated.
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Through mediation,
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their marriage was voided
on his family registry.
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I'm going to bed.
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Okay, good night.
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But Kazuko continued to claim
she was Yasunaga’s wife,
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using it to bolster her own influence.
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GIVE BACK MY HUSBAND!
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After managing Chiyoko Shimakura,
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Kazuko was keenly aware
of what the media liked
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and how to bring them to her side.
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Sure enough,
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Kazuko Hosoki, a fortune teller
with a unique personal history,
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had caught the public's attention.
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HANSHIN AT THE TOP AFTER 21 YEARS!
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Since then, she predicted
two major events of public interest.
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Her spot-on predictions made her
a popular guest on variety shows.
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{\an8}But for the most part,
her other predictions were incorrect.
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The bubble economy kept things lively.
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As Kazuko slowly built
her status as a TV celebrity,
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her fortune-telling books
began flying off the shelves.
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FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD!
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MIREI SEI (77)
FORTUNE-TELLING MENTOR
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MET KAZUKO HOSOKI IN 1973
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Thank you for waiting.
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I only agreed because I thought
this was a continuation
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of that weekly magazine's interview.
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Did a weekly magazine interview you?
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They spoke of exposing
that woman's evil deeds.
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So,
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what would you like to ask me?
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I heard that you were
Ms. Hosoki's fortune-telling mentor.
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Is that what that woman said?
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Are you not?
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There was a time
when she frequently came for advice,
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and I did teach her the basics
of the Four Pillars of Destiny.
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But being called her mentor…
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To be quite frank,
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I find that disrespectful.
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I heard you lent her some books.
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Yes.
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But after 20 years,
she has yet to return them.
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Her first book was published a year later.
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If you wish to be a real fortune teller,
cheap tricks won't cut it.
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I told her to study at least
ten years before doing anything.
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She said Mr. Yasunaga taught her
the Four Pillars of Destiny too.
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Mr. Yasunaga specialized in I Ching,
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but he had not studied
the Four Pillars of Destiny in earnest.
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You'll probably write your book
to put her in a good light anyway.
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No, that's not my intention.
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May I ask you to leave now?
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One more question.
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What do you think
of the current Ms. Hosoki?
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Fortune-telling is a dangerous thing.
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Dangerous?
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One wrong step,
and you end up controlling people’s lives.
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Some will even take pleasure in it.
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In her current state,
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she acts like someone
who's in power, doesn't she?
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What's more,
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I feel a bit of pity for her.
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Pity, you say?
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Now that she has created
this false persona called Kazuko Hosoki,
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there is no turning back for her.
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She must continue living
as this false persona.
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It's like caking on makeup.
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One lie piled on top of another.
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Your book will likely apply
another layer of lies on top.
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That woman's luck
is set to decline gradually now.
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If I were to use
the words she so selfishly created,
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next year will be…
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Her Great Calamity Period.
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Ms. Hosoki herself will enter
the Great Calamity Period.
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No one can resist their fate.
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The fate of those in power
is a miserable one.
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It's only a matter of time.
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What are you making?
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A house.
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Who’s the house for?
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The ants?
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The ladybugs?
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It's a house for you and me.
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I think Mommy will stop writing her book.
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That's okay.
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Huh?
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You're okay with it?
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If I give up,
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we won't have a house for a while.
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It's okay. I'll build one for us.
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I see.
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Thank you.
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Hello?
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Mr. Teppei Yanagi?
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I got your voicemail.
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How'd you get my number?
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Someone connected
to the Edogawa-ikka family.
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Sorry for the sudden call.
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I heard you were
the right-hand man of Masaya Hotta,
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the head of the family.
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Would you be willing to talk
about Ms. Hosoki and Mr. Hotta?
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Can you come to Kashiwa City Hall
at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow?
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They get thrown into pigpen-like housing
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and get most of their welfare money
skimmed off.
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Is it a poverty business?
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That's a fancy way to put it.
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The yakuza way of living
couldn't survive past the '80s.
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Since the bubble burst,
we've been desperate to survive.
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So, what do you wanna know
about our boss, Hotta?
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Ms. Hosoki told me he was
the only man she truly loved in her life.
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But after hearing from others,
I believe they were actually…
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You think they were just tied by greed?
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Yes.
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Boss was an old-school yakuza.
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He sucked at making money,
so he relied on her income.
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The title of Edogawa-ikka family head
was a big draw for her.
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Just dropping his name
would make everyone bow down.
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She met big-time
yakuza bosses through him too,
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so now she acts like a fixer
who can call them up on a whim.
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Does she still have
connections with the yakuza?
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But in this day and age,
it's gotta be on the down-low.
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So, she actually wasn't connected
to Mr. Hotta out of love, was she?
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I didn't say that.
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What do you mean?
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When she saw the boss
on his deathbed, she--
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Wait.
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Didn't they break up
after what happened with Ms. Shimakura?
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The boss had terminal cancer,
so he went back to her.
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And she took him in without a word.
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Was it good?
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It tasted awful.
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If you can talk trash like that,
I guess you're not dying for a while.
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I'm gonna live until I'm 100.
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Give me another bite.
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That's what you'd call devoted care.
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The boss was completely at ease
with her around too.
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Like a married couple
who had lived their whole lives together.
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It's rare for a yakuza member
to have a happy ending like that.
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I don't know much about
love and romance or whatnot.
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But I guess it was their fate
to stay together until the end.
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Fate…
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You can't sum up a man
and woman's relationship in just one word.
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Have you seen Ms. Hosoki lately?
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Well, I get some side jobs here and there.
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What kind of side jobs?
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Doesn't matter, does it?
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She's fiercely loyal to her allies,
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but if you go against her,
she'll crush you without mercy.
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She's not some yakuza's woman.
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She's a yakuza herself.
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You'd better be careful too.
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Kawatani!
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What the hell's with your ghostwriter?!
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Well, you see,
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Ms. Uozumi isn't a ghostwriter,
but a respectable author.
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There are tons
of award-winning rookies out there!
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You can't call them a writer
if they can't even release a second book!
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The boss wants the writer
to go and apologize.
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Got it.
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Then fire her and get a new writer!
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Huh? Did you say "fire her"?
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Sir!
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This is gonna hurt.
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Oh.
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Did you hear that just now?
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Yes.
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You haven't been answering
Ms. Hosoki's calls lately, have you?
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She thought that was strange,
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so she paid the yakuza to look into you.
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The yakuza?
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Oh, their side jobs.
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-Huh?
-Never mind.
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She went way over my head
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and called the president directly.
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The department head panicked.
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You spoke with her brother
and Mr. Yasunaga's family?
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Did you hear some inconvenient stories
about Ms. Hosoki?
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Yes.
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And you came all this way to tell me?
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No.
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I wasn't sure
if I should keep writing this book.
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There's a rumor
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that a weekly magazine is preparing
a campaign to expose Ms. Hosoki.
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You know of it?
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Oh, jeez. Did your ex-husband tell you?
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Yes.
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He said she's making me write
a flattering book
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that would fight against the exposé.
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Is that true?
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It seems that's
what the higher-ups decided.
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So you knew all this, Mr. Kawatani?
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I thought this was your chance
to release your second book.
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I'm a fan of your book, you know.
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Well, I've only published one.
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I knew you'd write
without pandering to anyone.
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That's the kind of book I wanted to read.
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Why don't you pretend to play along
and write what you want?
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I'll protect you as much as I can.
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I might not be much help though.
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Or have you lost interest in the book?
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No, I'm dying to write about this.
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Oh, really?
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But I was fired, right?
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Um, forget what you heard earlier.
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Ms. Hosoki might be the one to fire me.
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Well, that's…
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She's hard to read.
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For now, I should go and apologize, right?
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Sorry.
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Good day, ma'am.
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Hello.
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Good day, ma'am.
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MS. KAZUKO HOSOKI
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Oh, Kawatani, you're here?
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Oh, um…
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I…
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Come in.
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What brings you here today?
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Ms. Uozumi would like to apologize to you.
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Apologize?
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Yes.
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I apologize for acting on my own
and not answering your calls.
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I wish you wouldn't betray my trust,
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sniffing around in secret like that.
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I don't care who you go and talk to.
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But Hisao is a disgrace to my family
who had two run-ins with the police.
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And Mr. Yasunaga's daughter
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is jealous that I took him away from her.
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I bet they filled your ears
with nothing but lies.
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Would you prefer if I stepped down?
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Don't be silly. What are you saying?
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Who else is gonna write it?
You're writing a masterpiece, right?
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But remember…
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don't write any lies
that would slander me.
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Got it?
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I understand.
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Come in.
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Sorry to interrupt.
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We're a bit short on time,
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so could we have our meeting first?
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Sure, we're done talking anyway.
257
00:21:46,430 --> 00:21:47,931
Oh, thank you.
258
00:21:49,016 --> 00:21:51,226
We'll excuse ourselves then.
259
00:21:54,521 --> 00:21:55,897
Hey.
260
00:21:56,773 --> 00:22:01,111
Since you're already here,
come watch the show before you go.
261
00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:06,533
Well then, we'll see you next week!
262
00:22:06,616 --> 00:22:08,160
Goodbye!
263
00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:16,960
That's a wrap! Good work everyone!
264
00:22:17,044 --> 00:22:19,212
Sorry about earlier, Ms. Hosoki!
265
00:22:19,296 --> 00:22:22,215
Let's go, Mr. HG.
266
00:22:22,299 --> 00:22:24,217
-Thank you.
-Good work.
267
00:22:24,301 --> 00:22:26,845
-Keep it up!
-Thank you.
268
00:22:39,441 --> 00:22:45,238
Hey, there's actually a guest today
who wants their fortune told by me.
269
00:22:45,322 --> 00:22:49,785
I'm not sure if you can air it,
but how about we record it?
270
00:22:51,703 --> 00:22:54,247
It'll be 30 minutes at most.
271
00:22:54,331 --> 00:22:57,292
A surprise is nice once in a while, right?
272
00:22:57,918 --> 00:23:00,337
Okay, let's do it then.
273
00:23:00,420 --> 00:23:01,338
All right.
274
00:23:01,421 --> 00:23:03,048
Is it okay, Mr. Yazawa?
275
00:23:03,632 --> 00:23:05,592
Yes, well, um…
276
00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:08,261
Well?
277
00:23:08,345 --> 00:23:10,389
Sorry, just one moment.
278
00:23:10,472 --> 00:23:11,807
Let's do it, Ms. Hosoki!
279
00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:14,393
Let's just go for it!
280
00:23:14,476 --> 00:23:15,310
Thanks.
281
00:23:16,561 --> 00:23:17,771
Is the camera rolling?
282
00:23:17,854 --> 00:23:19,606
Yes, we're rolling.
283
00:23:20,774 --> 00:23:24,111
Please stay with us
a bit longer, everyone.
284
00:23:26,154 --> 00:23:28,615
Come on up, Minori.
285
00:23:32,786 --> 00:23:35,872
What are you zoning out for? Hurry over.
286
00:23:43,171 --> 00:23:44,339
Your bag.
287
00:23:45,173 --> 00:23:46,758
Thank you.
288
00:23:59,813 --> 00:24:01,606
Miking her now.
289
00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:13,743
She's ready.
290
00:24:15,412 --> 00:24:17,664
Time to get started then.
291
00:24:18,623 --> 00:24:20,083
Let's do this.
292
00:24:29,634 --> 00:24:33,346
First, tell me your name
and date of birth.
293
00:24:33,430 --> 00:24:34,556
What?
294
00:24:34,639 --> 00:24:36,683
What? Are you nervous?
295
00:24:36,766 --> 00:24:40,312
Anyone would be,
getting called up like that, right?
296
00:24:40,395 --> 00:24:41,730
I guess that's to be expected
297
00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:44,608
when an amateur gets called up
on stage so suddenly.
298
00:24:44,691 --> 00:24:47,527
Well, you're the one
who called her up, aren't you?
299
00:24:47,611 --> 00:24:48,612
Sorry about this.
300
00:24:48,695 --> 00:24:51,948
Honestly, the way she pushes us around
has us at our limit too.
301
00:24:52,032 --> 00:24:54,075
What are you talking about?
302
00:24:56,536 --> 00:24:59,831
Well? Are you feeling more relaxed now?
303
00:24:59,915 --> 00:25:00,999
Yes.
304
00:25:01,791 --> 00:25:04,503
Then tell me your name and date of birth.
305
00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:07,255
Don't worry.
306
00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:10,884
They'll bleep out
anything you don't want aired.
307
00:25:10,967 --> 00:25:14,221
They'll even blur your face.
308
00:25:17,390 --> 00:25:18,892
I'm Minori Uozumi.
309
00:25:18,975 --> 00:25:22,521
I was born on July 12, 1969.
310
00:25:23,021 --> 00:25:24,606
And your profession?
311
00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:25,899
I'm an author.
312
00:25:25,982 --> 00:25:27,609
An author?
313
00:25:28,276 --> 00:25:31,863
I've never heard of Minori Uozumi.
314
00:25:32,697 --> 00:25:35,659
Only one of my books
has been published so far.
315
00:25:36,159 --> 00:25:38,662
So you're an unsuccessful author.
316
00:25:38,745 --> 00:25:41,248
Let's choose our words
a bit more carefully.
317
00:25:41,331 --> 00:25:44,459
Oh, sorry, it's a bad habit of mine.
318
00:25:44,543 --> 00:25:46,253
Oh, so you're aware of it.
319
00:25:46,336 --> 00:25:47,420
Right?
320
00:25:52,759 --> 00:25:54,052
You…
321
00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:58,807
were in your Great Calamity Period
until last year.
322
00:25:58,890 --> 00:25:59,933
Did you know that?
323
00:26:00,433 --> 00:26:01,434
Yes.
324
00:26:01,935 --> 00:26:03,853
You had bad luck with men, right?
325
00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:05,355
Yes.
326
00:26:05,438 --> 00:26:07,315
You've got a strike now.
327
00:26:08,108 --> 00:26:09,025
What?
328
00:26:09,109 --> 00:26:11,152
On your divorce history.
329
00:26:12,153 --> 00:26:13,947
Yes, I've been divorced once.
330
00:26:15,115 --> 00:26:16,908
I figured as much.
331
00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:20,161
You look gloomy
and completely unappealing.
332
00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:23,123
I'm not surprised men run from you.
333
00:26:23,873 --> 00:26:26,501
Your career’s stalled,
334
00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:28,795
and life’s been tough for you.
335
00:26:29,546 --> 00:26:34,843
You're probably in immense pain,
drowning in worry.
336
00:26:35,635 --> 00:26:37,053
Am I right?
337
00:26:37,554 --> 00:26:38,388
Yes.
338
00:26:39,222 --> 00:26:40,849
But it's okay.
339
00:26:41,349 --> 00:26:44,352
You'll meet someone who will save you.
340
00:26:44,853 --> 00:26:46,146
No…
341
00:26:47,981 --> 00:26:49,190
you've already met.
342
00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:53,570
That encounter…
343
00:26:55,530 --> 00:26:56,948
should be cherished.
344
00:27:06,082 --> 00:27:07,917
Can I ask about a problem I'm having?
345
00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:10,420
Sure.
346
00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:18,637
The problem I'm having
347
00:27:19,387 --> 00:27:21,681
involves a book I'm about to write.
348
00:27:22,891 --> 00:27:24,059
And?
349
00:27:24,893 --> 00:27:28,897
I'm conducting interviews to depict
a certain woman's life so far.
350
00:27:29,397 --> 00:27:31,191
But that protagonist
351
00:27:31,274 --> 00:27:34,235
is far more complicated
than I had expected.
352
00:27:34,736 --> 00:27:36,655
Sounds excellent.
353
00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:41,409
Much better than
a one-dimensional protagonist.
354
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,078
Yes.
355
00:27:43,578 --> 00:27:46,998
She's a truly fascinating person.
356
00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:49,250
But…
357
00:27:51,878 --> 00:27:53,546
But what?
358
00:27:55,548 --> 00:27:57,467
She's lying to me.
359
00:27:58,385 --> 00:28:00,261
Oh, jeez…
360
00:28:01,930 --> 00:28:03,848
If I trust what she says,
361
00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:08,186
the protagonist was tossed about
by a cruel fate.
362
00:28:08,269 --> 00:28:11,439
She's a heroine who fought desperately
and came out on top.
363
00:28:14,109 --> 00:28:15,443
But she has two sides to her.
364
00:28:16,486 --> 00:28:22,450
She fooled people and pulled them down,
amassing great wealth and power.
365
00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:24,494
A rotten villain.
366
00:28:26,162 --> 00:28:27,580
And which one will you write?
367
00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:32,669
I'm going to write my own book.
368
00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:37,924
Your goal as an unsuccessful writer, huh?
369
00:28:39,926 --> 00:28:40,760
Yes.
370
00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:43,722
Sounds interesting.
371
00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:45,765
I'd love to read that book.
372
00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:09,622
{\an8}SELF-PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN BY MINORI UOZUMI
373
00:29:28,224 --> 00:29:32,187
{\an8}SELF-PORTRAIT OF MY FACADE
374
00:29:48,036 --> 00:29:52,373
HER ORIGINS
375
00:30:37,544 --> 00:30:41,631
When we were kids,
those days were miserable.
376
00:30:42,757 --> 00:30:45,176
We were always starving.
377
00:30:46,761 --> 00:30:50,682
That's why our generation
is greedier than others.
378
00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:56,062
Kazuko is a prime example of that.
379
00:30:58,398 --> 00:30:59,732
One time,
380
00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:03,486
Mom used her meager savings
to buy beer from the black market.
381
00:31:04,237 --> 00:31:07,198
But the bottles
were filled with barley tea.
382
00:31:07,282 --> 00:31:11,619
Kazuko figured that if we were conned,
we should just con someone else,
383
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,372
and tried to sell it on the black market.
384
00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:15,790
Thank you!
385
00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:17,458
Thank-- Ouch!
386
00:31:18,251 --> 00:31:19,919
You tricked me, you damn punk!
387
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,883
Well, it didn't work out in the end.
388
00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:26,467
Mom.
389
00:31:26,968 --> 00:31:28,094
Yes?
390
00:31:28,177 --> 00:31:31,055
The weak are considered prey, right?
391
00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:33,725
It's their fault
for being deceived, right?
392
00:31:33,808 --> 00:31:36,060
Deceiving people is wrong.
393
00:31:36,144 --> 00:31:37,520
Kazuko.
394
00:31:38,021 --> 00:31:41,774
People who do bad things
go straight to hell.
395
00:31:42,358 --> 00:31:45,445
In the end, she spent her whole life
going against Mom's words.
396
00:31:47,864 --> 00:31:50,742
Even now, every year without fail,
397
00:31:50,825 --> 00:31:54,037
she still visits Mom's grave
on the anniversary of her death.
398
00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:57,999
Early in the morning,
so that she doesn't run into us.
399
00:32:00,418 --> 00:32:03,546
It might be her way of atoning.
400
00:32:27,820 --> 00:32:32,909
The total cost was over ten million yen.
401
00:32:32,992 --> 00:32:35,954
Your son is a shut-in even in his forties.
402
00:32:36,037 --> 00:32:38,498
What's more, he's violent toward you.
403
00:32:38,998 --> 00:32:40,041
Yes.
404
00:32:40,124 --> 00:32:41,542
You'll be fine.
405
00:32:42,126 --> 00:32:44,963
Your hard work will surely pay off.
406
00:32:45,713 --> 00:32:49,008
First, do your ancestral rites properly.
407
00:32:50,093 --> 00:32:51,886
I didn't have a choice.
408
00:32:52,553 --> 00:32:56,933
Ms. Hosoki said
I hadn't done enough for my ancestors.
409
00:32:57,684 --> 00:32:59,394
Oh, this?
410
00:33:00,895 --> 00:33:02,605
It was my son.
411
00:33:03,272 --> 00:33:06,484
He's still a shut-in, the same as always.
412
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,529
His violence has grown worse.
413
00:33:09,612 --> 00:33:10,905
But…
414
00:33:12,407 --> 00:33:15,576
I have faith it will get better.
415
00:33:17,036 --> 00:33:20,957
After all, Ms. Hosoki said so.
416
00:33:21,624 --> 00:33:23,668
And she's such a famous person.
417
00:33:23,751 --> 00:33:25,253
-Top-tier brandy!
-Yeah!
418
00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:27,130
-Richard Hennessy!
-Yeah!
419
00:33:27,213 --> 00:33:28,840
Thank you for your order!
420
00:34:18,973 --> 00:34:23,853
I have Ms. Hosoki to thank
for everything I am today.
421
00:34:23,936 --> 00:34:27,023
I followed what she had to say that night
422
00:34:27,106 --> 00:34:29,859
and broke things off
with my affair partner.
423
00:34:29,942 --> 00:34:32,487
My life changed completely.
424
00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:34,113
I met my current husband,
425
00:34:34,197 --> 00:34:36,407
was blessed with children,
426
00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:40,411
and started a small jewelry shop together.
427
00:34:40,495 --> 00:34:45,124
Thanks to that,
we have ten stores across Japan.
428
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,338
If I hadn't met her,
who knows where I'd be today?
429
00:34:51,506 --> 00:34:54,425
Isn't fortune-telling wonderful?
430
00:34:55,009 --> 00:34:58,012
It has the power to change lives.
431
00:34:58,596 --> 00:35:03,184
Ms. Hosoki is like a god to me.
432
00:35:03,267 --> 00:35:05,728
Yes, that looks cute. I love it.
433
00:35:05,812 --> 00:35:06,729
That's good.
434
00:35:06,813 --> 00:35:08,523
Let's bring Tiara in.
435
00:35:09,357 --> 00:35:11,943
Oh my, Tiara is so adorable!
436
00:35:12,026 --> 00:35:13,486
-Thanks.
-Ms. Hosoki!
437
00:35:13,569 --> 00:35:16,906
Um, could you please shake my hand?
438
00:35:17,740 --> 00:35:20,910
Wait, really?! I can't believe this!
439
00:35:21,536 --> 00:35:22,453
Thank you.
440
00:35:22,537 --> 00:35:23,830
Oh, my God!
441
00:35:23,913 --> 00:35:25,748
-Can I have one too?
-Thank you.
442
00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:02,160
Oh, crap!
443
00:36:04,704 --> 00:36:07,206
-I'm sorry for being late.
-It's okay. Thank you.
444
00:36:07,290 --> 00:36:09,041
-Thank you.
-See you.
445
00:36:09,125 --> 00:36:10,543
Okay, let's go home.
446
00:36:11,043 --> 00:36:12,587
-Phew.
-Bye-bye.
447
00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:15,089
-Bye-bye.
-Take care, Reina.
448
00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:16,591
Don't catch a cold.
449
00:36:16,674 --> 00:36:18,092
-Bye-bye.
-Bye-bye.
450
00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:20,094
Come on, Reina, get in.
451
00:36:20,928 --> 00:36:22,263
Careful with the heavy rain.
452
00:36:22,346 --> 00:36:24,265
Okay, thank you again!
453
00:36:24,348 --> 00:36:26,851
-Hold on tight.
-Yay!
454
00:37:25,868 --> 00:37:28,955
Okay, okay! Fortune-telling fohhh!
455
00:37:29,038 --> 00:37:32,208
What do you think
of my swaying hips, Ms. Hosoki?
456
00:37:33,209 --> 00:37:36,671
Take a look, especially at my lower half!
457
00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:38,005
Oh, my.
458
00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:41,425
Instead of my palms,
can you do a hip reading?
459
00:37:41,509 --> 00:37:42,426
Good grief.
460
00:37:42,510 --> 00:37:45,721
Men should reserve their hip thrusts
for the bedroom.
461
00:37:46,222 --> 00:37:47,306
That's a "no" from me!
462
00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:50,977
That's not enough to stop me!
463
00:37:51,060 --> 00:37:52,019
I can't do this.
464
00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:53,521
-No!
-Stop this.
465
00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:54,689
Ms. Hosoki!
466
00:37:54,772 --> 00:37:55,690
Wait a second.
467
00:37:55,773 --> 00:37:58,276
Now, now. Let's take a seat for a moment.
468
00:37:58,359 --> 00:37:59,819
-Please.
-You idiot!
469
00:38:00,653 --> 00:38:03,489
Ms. Hosoki is a genius entertainer.
470
00:38:03,572 --> 00:38:05,616
She doesn't need direction from us.
471
00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:08,661
She knows how to entertain the viewers.
472
00:38:08,744 --> 00:38:09,787
Not through logic,
473
00:38:09,870 --> 00:38:12,039
but from pure instinct.
474
00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:14,583
Working in nightlife and fortune-telling
475
00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:17,336
had her dealing with people
face-to-face, right?
476
00:38:17,420 --> 00:38:20,423
I think she's drawing
from those experiences.
477
00:38:20,506 --> 00:38:23,926
Sorry that you got humiliated on camera.
478
00:38:25,052 --> 00:38:27,805
We're not gonna broadcast that, okay?
479
00:38:30,141 --> 00:38:32,310
I really hate that side of her.
480
00:38:33,019 --> 00:38:36,564
Maybe it's that strength
that comes from countless battles.
481
00:38:36,647 --> 00:38:38,399
Her words are convincing.
482
00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:40,609
It's all a bluff. There's no substance.
483
00:38:40,693 --> 00:38:43,321
Japanese people eat that stuff up.
484
00:38:43,404 --> 00:38:44,780
It makes me sick.
485
00:38:44,864 --> 00:38:46,365
Her scandals?
486
00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:51,329
Well, she may have had
some stuff in the past,
487
00:38:51,412 --> 00:38:53,539
but I haven't heard anything.
488
00:38:53,622 --> 00:38:54,790
That's a lie.
489
00:38:54,874 --> 00:38:56,250
Word's getting around
490
00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:59,128
about a weekly magazine
releasing an exposé.
491
00:38:59,628 --> 00:39:03,841
We'll just have to wait and see,
but the higher-ups are shaking in fear.
492
00:39:03,924 --> 00:39:06,052
-Have a good night!
-Have a good night!
493
00:39:12,475 --> 00:39:13,434
If necessary,
494
00:39:13,517 --> 00:39:16,854
they'll probably shut down the show
and find someone new.
495
00:39:17,855 --> 00:39:20,483
Besides, viewers are quick to forget.
496
00:39:20,566 --> 00:39:22,485
That's show business.
497
00:39:23,069 --> 00:39:27,323
Once you reach the top,
there's nowhere left to go but down.
498
00:41:00,207 --> 00:41:04,295
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO KAZUKO IN THE FUTURE?
499
00:41:04,378 --> 00:41:10,384
EVEN HER OWN SIX-STAR ASTROLOGY
HAS NO ANSWER FOR THAT.
500
00:41:29,111 --> 00:41:30,905
I finished it.
501
00:42:39,348 --> 00:42:40,391
Excuse me!
502
00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:52,695
Even Mr. Kawatani hasn't read this.
I want you to be the first.
503
00:42:58,325 --> 00:43:02,037
Publishers and TV networks
are gathering here on Sunday next week
504
00:43:02,121 --> 00:43:04,206
for a party at my place.
505
00:43:04,290 --> 00:43:05,249
Can you come?
506
00:43:06,041 --> 00:43:06,875
I'll be there.
507
00:43:07,835 --> 00:43:09,545
I look forward to it.
508
00:45:20,926 --> 00:45:22,594
Please leave it to me.
509
00:45:33,272 --> 00:45:34,565
I'll take your bag.
510
00:45:34,648 --> 00:45:36,108
Oh, it's okay.
511
00:45:36,191 --> 00:45:37,609
Enjoy the party.
512
00:45:54,460 --> 00:45:55,836
It's good to see you.
513
00:45:55,919 --> 00:45:57,421
Hello.
514
00:45:59,673 --> 00:46:01,049
Ms. Uozumi.
515
00:46:03,135 --> 00:46:04,678
You're here.
516
00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:05,637
Are you alone?
517
00:46:05,721 --> 00:46:08,515
Yes, thank you for the other day.
518
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:13,020
The guests here
are all bigwigs in the media.
519
00:46:13,103 --> 00:46:16,148
She really is like an empress, isn't she?
520
00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:20,444
-Oh, may I speak with you?
-Yes.
521
00:46:22,738 --> 00:46:25,115
Is the book going well?
522
00:46:25,199 --> 00:46:26,492
Yes, I guess.
523
00:46:26,575 --> 00:46:28,285
What will you write about?
524
00:46:28,368 --> 00:46:30,579
I can't say for certain.
525
00:46:31,079 --> 00:46:33,999
Seeing you two talk on stage
made me anxious.
526
00:46:34,082 --> 00:46:37,085
That wasn't something
the station could put on air.
527
00:46:37,586 --> 00:46:40,589
Maybe I shouldn’t say this,
528
00:46:41,089 --> 00:46:44,134
but I wouldn't write anything
that would anger Ms. Hosoki.
529
00:46:44,218 --> 00:46:45,469
What are you talking about?
530
00:46:45,552 --> 00:46:49,056
Oh, Ms. Hosoki!
No, we're just making small talk.
531
00:46:49,139 --> 00:46:50,516
Excuse me.
532
00:46:52,059 --> 00:46:54,436
Thank you for inviting me.
533
00:46:54,937 --> 00:46:56,814
Can you stay until the end?
534
00:46:56,897 --> 00:46:57,940
Yes.
535
00:46:59,358 --> 00:47:01,318
We've got a lot of good drinks.
536
00:47:01,401 --> 00:47:03,195
Enjoy yourself, okay?
537
00:47:30,347 --> 00:47:33,350
Crowds can be exhausting, right?
538
00:47:35,477 --> 00:47:36,854
I read it.
539
00:47:37,354 --> 00:47:39,106
Thank you.
540
00:47:46,989 --> 00:47:48,907
I enjoyed it.
541
00:47:51,201 --> 00:47:56,665
The way you use strangely big words
and add pretentious expressions
542
00:47:56,748 --> 00:47:59,042
is so typical of an unsuccessful author.
543
00:47:59,126 --> 00:48:02,212
Still, your writing was better than most.
544
00:48:09,511 --> 00:48:10,804
But…
545
00:48:12,222 --> 00:48:15,183
I can't let you publish this.
546
00:48:16,351 --> 00:48:17,561
Why?
547
00:48:17,644 --> 00:48:19,855
You know exactly why.
548
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:25,819
You and I were a good match.
549
00:48:26,361 --> 00:48:28,614
I thought we understood each other.
550
00:48:30,032 --> 00:48:31,491
I felt the same way.
551
00:48:32,451 --> 00:48:33,869
But you let me down.
552
00:48:34,369 --> 00:48:36,496
These are all lies meant to slander me.
553
00:48:36,580 --> 00:48:37,831
That wasn't my intention--
554
00:48:37,915 --> 00:48:40,167
It's just like
a third-rate tabloid magazine.
555
00:48:40,250 --> 00:48:42,419
Books and tabloids are not the same.
556
00:48:42,502 --> 00:48:45,380
Whoever reads this
will see it as Kazuko Hosoki's life story.
557
00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:52,387
Deceiving Ochiyo and stealing her money,
558
00:48:52,471 --> 00:48:55,682
forcing Mr. Yasunaga to marry me
just to use his good name…
559
00:48:55,766 --> 00:48:58,310
They'll believe every lie!
560
00:48:59,561 --> 00:49:03,357
I can't decipher what the truth is.
561
00:49:03,982 --> 00:49:07,569
But I was captivated
by the protagonist's way of life.
562
00:49:09,071 --> 00:49:10,948
After a childhood of extreme poverty,
563
00:49:11,031 --> 00:49:15,410
she was deceived,
exploited, and controlled by men.
564
00:49:15,494 --> 00:49:18,330
She tried to make money,
even if it meant deceiving others,
565
00:49:18,413 --> 00:49:20,874
trying to become the one in control.
566
00:49:21,917 --> 00:49:27,172
When I wrote, the sheer magnitude
of her desire overwhelmed me.
567
00:49:28,423 --> 00:49:30,467
Some may disapprove,
but the readers will--
568
00:49:30,550 --> 00:49:33,220
I'm not asking you for that crap!
569
00:49:35,138 --> 00:49:37,766
Rewrite it exactly the way I say.
570
00:49:38,266 --> 00:49:39,810
I refuse.
571
00:49:40,811 --> 00:49:45,357
Then this book
will never see the light of day.
572
00:49:46,441 --> 00:49:49,277
I don't mind.
I knew that might happen when I wrote it.
573
00:49:49,361 --> 00:49:50,612
Is that so?
574
00:49:51,154 --> 00:49:53,323
Then this belongs in the garbage.
575
00:50:04,001 --> 00:50:07,713
Why did you want to publish
a book based on yourself?
576
00:50:08,255 --> 00:50:11,008
A publishing company asked me to.
577
00:50:14,302 --> 00:50:16,805
I heard that
a weekly magazine is preparing
578
00:50:16,888 --> 00:50:19,349
a campaign to expose your past.
579
00:50:24,521 --> 00:50:28,150
Are you scared of falling from the top
of the entertainment industry?
580
00:50:32,821 --> 00:50:34,364
What are you talking about?
581
00:50:34,448 --> 00:50:37,993
You wanted to use me
to fight against the weekly magazine
582
00:50:39,202 --> 00:50:40,328
by using my book.
583
00:50:42,998 --> 00:50:48,253
To me, books aren't
just a way to earn a living.
584
00:50:50,714 --> 00:50:52,758
They're why I exist.
585
00:50:53,258 --> 00:50:54,760
The very reason why I live.
586
00:51:07,022 --> 00:51:09,775
Don't you have any regrets in life?
587
00:51:12,778 --> 00:51:15,280
If I had to name one,
588
00:51:15,906 --> 00:51:18,533
it's that I didn't have a child.
589
00:51:19,493 --> 00:51:20,994
Anything else?
590
00:51:21,078 --> 00:51:22,537
Not a single one.
591
00:51:22,621 --> 00:51:23,497
Not one?
592
00:51:23,580 --> 00:51:24,748
Yes.
593
00:51:24,831 --> 00:51:26,333
Really?
594
00:51:26,416 --> 00:51:27,250
Yes.
595
00:51:31,296 --> 00:51:32,923
The protagonist in my book
596
00:51:33,006 --> 00:51:38,386
knew better than anyone
the pain of being deceived and preyed on.
597
00:51:39,721 --> 00:51:42,432
So when she begins to deceive others,
598
00:51:42,516 --> 00:51:46,520
she regretted it countless times
as the guilt tormented her.
599
00:51:47,145 --> 00:51:49,189
Time after time again.
600
00:51:50,232 --> 00:51:52,484
But there was no going back.
601
00:51:52,984 --> 00:51:55,946
She was held captive
by the magical power of money.
602
00:51:56,988 --> 00:51:59,991
She could only push forward
and seal her weak self away.
603
00:52:03,954 --> 00:52:06,039
Didn't you feel the same?
604
00:52:10,293 --> 00:52:13,588
I did whatever it took to make money.
605
00:52:14,256 --> 00:52:16,925
I did whatever it took to succeed.
606
00:52:17,008 --> 00:52:18,969
What's so wrong with that?
607
00:52:19,803 --> 00:52:21,304
I don't regret a thing.
608
00:52:24,724 --> 00:52:26,226
You know what?
609
00:52:26,726 --> 00:52:29,020
I will never forgive
anyone who slanders me.
610
00:52:29,104 --> 00:52:32,649
I will never lose to anyone
who tries to pull me down.
611
00:52:32,732 --> 00:52:34,609
That is my way of life.
612
00:52:34,693 --> 00:52:36,653
That is Kazuko Hosoki.
613
00:52:48,123 --> 00:52:51,168
I have nothing else to say to you.
614
00:52:52,878 --> 00:52:53,837
You can leave now.
615
00:52:59,885 --> 00:53:03,263
You said you enjoyed my book.
616
00:53:04,055 --> 00:53:05,765
Did you mean it?
617
00:53:10,562 --> 00:53:11,646
Yes.
618
00:53:14,191 --> 00:53:15,942
But that's because
619
00:53:16,735 --> 00:53:18,904
my life story is interesting.
620
00:53:20,572 --> 00:53:23,283
All you did was trace over it.
621
00:53:25,410 --> 00:53:29,331
I endured countless hardships until now.
622
00:53:29,414 --> 00:53:32,042
I've suffered pain beyond belief.
623
00:53:32,542 --> 00:53:34,920
But I never gave in.
624
00:53:36,046 --> 00:53:40,717
No matter what it took,
I opened a way forward.
625
00:53:41,927 --> 00:53:44,638
That's why my words have power.
626
00:53:44,721 --> 00:53:46,514
Why the people listen to me.
627
00:53:48,892 --> 00:53:51,728
Whatever story you create,
628
00:53:52,479 --> 00:53:54,689
will it have that kind of power?
629
00:54:02,614 --> 00:54:04,157
I don't know.
630
00:54:06,868 --> 00:54:08,912
But I'll write one someday, for sure.
631
00:54:10,914 --> 00:54:13,041
Then give it your best shot.
632
00:54:14,918 --> 00:54:16,002
I will.
633
00:54:21,424 --> 00:54:22,676
Minori.
634
00:54:25,637 --> 00:54:27,681
Real tears
635
00:54:28,181 --> 00:54:30,350
should be shed when no one's around.
636
00:54:37,190 --> 00:54:38,525
Take care.
637
00:54:39,150 --> 00:54:41,695
Because your Great Calamity Period
is about to begin.
638
00:54:44,739 --> 00:54:46,992
I don't believe in fortune-telling.
639
00:55:20,275 --> 00:55:21,735
Hello?
640
00:55:21,818 --> 00:55:24,487
Mommy, are you still working?
641
00:55:24,988 --> 00:55:26,281
I just finished.
642
00:55:26,990 --> 00:55:28,366
It's all over.
643
00:55:28,450 --> 00:55:30,243
Are you coming home now?
644
00:55:30,744 --> 00:55:31,578
Yeah.
645
00:55:32,495 --> 00:55:34,581
I'll hurry home, so wait for me.
646
00:55:34,664 --> 00:55:35,832
Okay.
647
00:55:36,333 --> 00:55:37,459
Bye then.
648
00:56:15,163 --> 00:56:16,081
Tiara?
649
00:56:18,041 --> 00:56:19,459
Tiara?
650
00:56:32,931 --> 00:56:34,474
Tiara?
651
00:56:38,144 --> 00:56:39,020
Tiara?
652
00:56:44,025 --> 00:56:45,402
Tiara?
653
00:56:52,117 --> 00:56:52,951
Tiara.
654
00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:01,626
Where did she go?
655
00:57:02,210 --> 00:57:03,378
Tiara.
656
00:57:05,547 --> 00:57:06,714
Tiara?
657
00:57:09,759 --> 00:57:11,094
Tiara.
658
00:58:00,185 --> 00:58:02,437
You're going straight to hell.
659
00:58:05,773 --> 00:58:08,776
I've seen hell many times.
660
00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:11,571
It doesn't scare me one bit.
661
00:58:23,875 --> 00:58:25,502
In 2006,
662
00:58:26,002 --> 00:58:31,007
Weekly Gendai published articles
against Kazuko Hosoki for 15 weeks.
663
00:58:31,591 --> 00:58:34,928
Kazuko's past scandals
were brought to light.
664
00:58:36,429 --> 00:58:39,891
Kazuko was forced to step down
from her regular TV programs,
665
00:58:39,974 --> 00:58:44,479
completely disappearing
from the limelight.
666
00:58:49,984 --> 00:58:51,444
However…
667
00:58:52,737 --> 00:58:55,823
she continued her work
as a fortune teller.
668
00:58:55,907 --> 00:58:59,035
She started a mobile website
on Six-Star Astrology,
669
00:58:59,118 --> 00:59:01,829
earning ten times more
than what she earned on TV,
670
00:59:01,913 --> 00:59:05,250
reaching over seven billion a year.
671
00:59:06,042 --> 00:59:08,419
She adopted her niece in her later years,
672
00:59:08,503 --> 00:59:12,715
living a peaceful life
surrounded by family.
673
00:59:13,508 --> 00:59:15,218
Kazuko Hosoki
674
00:59:15,718 --> 00:59:17,428
managed to get
675
00:59:18,179 --> 00:59:20,598
everything she wanted.
676
00:59:24,602 --> 00:59:27,188
KAZUKO HOSOKI
677
00:59:27,272 --> 00:59:32,735
DIED NOVEMBER 8TH, 2021
AGE 83
678
01:03:15,708 --> 01:03:18,628
{\an8}Subtitle translation by: Chul Woong Kim