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You're saying

Kaori was the one who turned the wheel?

I let go of the wheel.

It's as if I killed her.

I'm the one who told Kaori about the corruption case.

It was me.

Both Tomo and Masaki were still living under the weight of Kaori's death.

You killed Eisuke Tsuji, didn't you?

Mr. Nogi is a former prosecutor.

He was my father's colleague?

If he framed your father in some way,

I'll never forgive him.

I'll do the investigation.

We don't know the truth yet.

Why did she tell you my father had been murdered?

Are you Mr. Yuki Umeda?

Do you have a minute to talk?

Try meeting this person.

He should know the most about your father.

I'm the daughter of Eisuke Tsuji.

You've become quite impressive.

Did you attend Shinano University?

Yes, I did.

Actually, I went there too. So did my fiancée.

Really?

Yes.

My fiancée's name is Kanade Nishimura.

Do you know her?

I do.

She was one of...

the group of friends I had long ago.

She's my friend.

I see.

Wow.

I think she's lucky to be...

getting married to a doctor like you.

Well, thank you.

I hope you...

take good care of Kanade.

Thank you for waiting.

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule.

My pleasure.

I wanted to ask you about

the environmental energy corruption case my father was involved in.

Shall we talk outside?

Yes?

We should leave this place.

Yes.

The reason why... Masaki came back?

Did Masaki say anything to you?

Um... Not in particular.

Uh... Well, there was one thing.

There was a memorial service for a friend from the university.

He came back for that.

For Ms. Kaori Oikawa?

Yes. Uh...

Was there anything else he said?

For instance,

about Mr. Eisuke Tsuji, who is Ms. Kanade Nishimura's father?

Pardon me for saying this, but Mr. Umeda,

I've heard that you are experiencing

some hardships at the moment.

I can help you if you would like.

No, thank you.

It wouldn't be appropriate for me to ask anything of you, Mr. Nogi.

I reported directly to your father

on the special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Office at the time.

Yes.

However...

Unfortunately,

there is nothing that I can tell you about that time.

Does that mean

that there is nothing you know?

After that case,

I resigned from being a prosecutor.

I did it because I no longer knew the meaning of the profession.

The meaning of... the profession of a prosecutor?

What had I worked so hard for?

Why did Mr. Tsuji have to die?

If a prosecutor must pursue the truth, and commit to justice, then why...

That's all I can say.

Please excuse me.

Oh. Wait a moment, please.

Um, can you think of anything

that would help me learn more about that time?

Anything besides the court records?

You surely are the daughter of Mr. Tsuji.

He was taking notes.

Notes?

He had notebooks for keeping records.

Where are they now?

When I resigned as a prosecutor, I burned them all.

Which means...

that is it.

I have just one thing I want to tell you.

Yes.

I believe Mr. Tsuji did not want to turn away from the truth.

That's why he chose death.

He died to prevent the truth from coming out.

"He died to prevent the truth from coming out."

That's what he said.

The truth was contained.

Which means the truth must exist contained somewhere.

If it does exist...

Ms. Nishimura.

It's time to interview the witness.

Y-Yes. Thank you.

Are you feeling tired recently?

Why?

You were lost in your thoughts completely.

Anyway, why are witness interviews always on weekends?

I still haven't gotten that paid day off you promised me.

I wonder why I have to work so hard.

I don't get rewarded no matter how much I try.

All I do is listen to people and record what they say.

He was taking notes.

He had notebooks for keeping records.

Hello? Are you listening?

In my own way, I'm trying to protest

to improve my working conditions.

Taking notes...

You met my dad? Where?

At a bar association seminar.

Oh yeah, he gave me this to give to you. His business card.

ATTORNEY KOICHIRO NOGI

And he asked me for your contact information.

Did you give it to him?

I'm really sorry.

I couldn't say no.

So if your father calls you, don't be surprised.

I don't mind.

Huh? You don't?

It's not like I'm hiding.

And I have a ton of questions to ask him.

Did he say anything else?

No, I don't think he did...

You know Yuki, you're not cut out to be a lawyer.

Why?

You'd better not cheat on Tomo. She'd find out so fast and beat you up.

I'd never do such a dangerous thing!

How's Tomo doing since that time?

Surprisingly well.

She's just being a normal mom like before.

I'm glad.

Take good care of them.

Both Tomo

and your son.

Of course, I know that.

So.

How are you doing with Kanade?

You know there can't be anything going on.

She's engaged.

I heard.

Even so,

there's something about my dad that has to be cleared up.

It needs to be.

Hey.

Did you lose a little weight, Masaki?

Hmm? No.

-My weight hasn't changed. -Yeah?

Sitting here like this...

reminds me of our university days.

Does it?

We had so much free time in those days.

Yeah, we did.

Sorry to text you at work. I'm going to Nagano today.

Nagano? From now?

Yes. I might be a little late tonight.

Got it. I'm on-call tonight anyway so it's all right.

Hang in there.

NISHIMURA

He was taking notes.

He had notebooks for keeping records.

Kanade.

-If you were going to come... -Mom.

Did you ever see Dad write a diary?

Or take notes?

Notes? Why?

Kanade. I told you.

You should stop...

It can't end this way! Not like this.

What's the matter with you?

I'm sorry.

Mom.

There's something...

I've been wanting to ask you.

It's something I couldn't ask before

though I wanted to.

What?

What do you think

of Dad's suicide?

Do you think that Dad actually did something to get arrested?

Did he tell you anything?

Nothing at all?

He didn't tell me anything.

But,

I don't believe what the public accused him of doing either.

Then...

why did you get a divorce?

Because your father wanted it.

-To protect us... -But...

he always stayed in the study in those days.

He looked so troubled, absorbed in thought.

Then why...

That was...

Kanade.

I found it.

From May 22, 2003 to September 7, 2004.

The dates corresponded from the day the corruption case was exposed

to the day my father died in the morning.

Please come in.

Take a seat here.

Okay.

Sorry to make you come over.

But this needed to be private so no one would hear us.

My father

left a recording.

Did you listen to it?

I wanted you to listen with me.

This is a record of the 2003 environmental energy corruption case.

May, 2003.

An allegation has surfaced that Diet member Shotaro Azuma

accepted funding of 20 million yen

from Yamagami Heavy Industries, a heavy equipment manufacturer.

It was said to be a kickback in return for accommodating

the subsidy of 200 million yen for energy businesses to Yamagami.

We at the special investigation squad started the investigation immediately.

I was the prosecutor in charge.

Eisuke Tsuji.

Bribery must be verified.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office today...

The investigation proceeded smoothly.

About a month after the allegation was exposed,

we arrested Diet member Azuma and the vice president of Yamagami.

However, the interrogation faced serious challenges.

No such fact exists.

Then I will ask you once again.

July 3rd. Ten days had passed since the arrests.

We could not get a confession. Our superiors were getting frustrated.

Since we had arrested a politician,

we couldn't allow the case to be dismissed.

July 5th.

We suddenly obtained a piece of conclusive evidence in the case.

Take a look at this, sir.

What is it?

An image of an e-mail that Azuma's secretary sent to a bureaucrat.

To a bureaucrat?

The e-mail was from Azuma's secretary instructing the bureaucrat on the subsidy.

This objective evidence was the most important.

-This is great! -The whole team was excited.

We were elated believing the indictment was certain.

However, the source of the image was not clear.

Why now?

Who was the leaker? How did it get here?

July 7th. Interrogation of the secretary.

Do you recall this e-mail?

Yes.

I sent it to Mr. Mega.

He quickly admitted to sending the e-mail as directed by Diet member Azuma.

However...

Do you think so too, Mr. Tsuji?

It feels like it's too good to be true, doesn't it?

E-mail evidence at this point in time.

The secretary easily admits.

The channel of acquisition is a bit of a mystery.

It does feel like something isn't right.

It's better to be careful at a time like this, especially when

politicians are involved.

But it's difficult when the director already gave it the green light.

Even so, it's dangerous to indict so easily.

July 10th. I offered my opinion to my superior.

However,

I was instructed to indict since no problem existed.

It's dangerous to indict without further inquiry.

Couldn't you let us take more time to verify the evidence?

We have sufficient evidence now.

It should be enough.

Extract a confession and indict him without delay.

July 14th. I offered my opinion repeatedly,

but it was rejected.

July 15th.

Diet member Shotaro Azuma and the vice president of Yamagami

were charged with bribery.

This was covered in the news extensively.

From here on, it's the trial.

Are you ready?

My dad is going to be in it...

Isn't he?

September 9th. The first day of the trial.

The attorney for Diet member Azuma

was Koichiro Nogi.

We met for the first time in 15 years.

TOKYO HIGH COURT TOKYO DISTRICT COURT

Mr. Tsuji.

It's been so long.

Yes, it has. I heard you've become independent.

It's only a small law firm.

Let's both try our best for this case.

Don't be too hard on me, okay?

First of all, I have a question.

Regarding the charges in the indictment,

is there anything in it you object to?

I am innocent.

I swear to God I did not do what I'm charged with.

Does counsel have a statement?

Yes.

First of all, I'd like to appeal to the judge

that this case is clearly fabricated.

The e-mail that the prosecution submitted as evidence

is completely fake.

It is clear that somebody fabricated the e-mail.

The prosecution indicted while intentionally knowing this fact.

This was obviously done by an out-of-control prosecution,

and is a misuse of state power.

Fabrication? By the prosecution? Intentionally?

Nogi's method was too aggressive.

Although...

the e-mail had been puzzling from the start.

October 7th. The second day of the trial.

Questioning the secretary.

The counsel will ask a question.

You said the prosecutor, Mr. Tsuji, coerced your statement.

Can you explain specifically?

I was shown the e-mail.

He said that I must have sent it.

When I answered I'd never seen it before,

he grabbed me by the collar and said, "Don't lie."

The one who forced your statement was Mr. Tsuji, the prosecutor in charge.

Are you sure of that?

Yes.

November 13th.

The third day of the trial. Questioning the bureaucrat.

The bureaucrat also reversed his previous statement.

December 15th.

The fourth day of the trial. I'm called for a witness examination.

When did the special investigation squad obtain the e-mail as evidence?

It was on July 5th.

Hadn't the cell phone previously been submitted as evidence?

It was voluntarily submitted.

However, the e-mails had been deleted.

Then how did you obtain the deleted e-mail on July 5th?

An informant provided it to the special investigation squad.

How did you determine if the information

was genuine or not?

We checked with the secretary who had sent the email.

Can you tell me the date and time when it was sent?

FROM MASATAKA KATO TO KENICHI MEGA (METI)

It was sent on February 10th, at 2:22 p.m.

On that day at that time,

the secretary was undergoing a complete medical checkup

at the Aoba University Hospital according to their records.

Since cell phones are not allowed in the endoscopy room,

he couldn't have used his cell phone.

It is inconceivable that the secretary sent the e-mail.

Mr. Tsuji.

Didn't the prosecution decide to indict even while knowing that the e-mail

had been fabricated by a third party?

That's not true.

The secretary stated that he sent the e-mail himself.

In the witness examination, he said

you showed him this image and threatened him.

That is categorically false.

The assistant officer was there.

You intimidated him when the assistant officer left the room.

That's what he says.

Why is this witness changing his story?

Was it entirely a setup?

Mr. Tsuji.

Wasn't the prosecution too overzealous in their huge opportunity

of arresting a sitting Diet member?

That's why you wanted supporting evidence by any means.

Nogi is undoubtedly targeting the prosecution...

No...

he is targeting me.

And Mr. Tsuji,

to achieve results as the prosecutor in charge,

you wanted to indict Diet member Azuma at any cost!

Isn't that right?

Koichiro Nogi was my colleague in the past.

He's a talented individual.

Did he frame me to win the case?

But is that possible?

This should not be forgiven.

The prosecution's authority has been diminished.

They jumped the gun completely.

It is outrageous.

I expect an appropriate response as necessary by lawyers and prosecutors.

August 17th. The judgment.

I will render my decision now.

Text of the judgment. I find the defendant not guilty.

Next, my opinions for the judgment.

Diet member Azuma was found not guilty.

Kanade...

September 1st.

Surrounded by enemies.

Arrest rumors for the prosecutor in charge.

To take responsibility, I will probably be given a disciplinary dismissal.

The organization has forsaken me.

I don't have any supporters left now.

My colleagues became silent and distant.

Where was that organization I had trusted?

I swear I didn't fabricate the case.

But is the truth going to be buried?

Where is the justice I had believed in?

September 7th.

Despair.

I can't escape being arrested and charged.

The only thing I can do now

is to reveal the truth in this way.

It doesn't matter if anyone discovers this recording.

This is my commitment to justice.

The only ones I want to know about this

are my family.

Kana Kana, come here.

Daddy's job is to be committed to what I believe is justice.

Someday

the time will come.

I want Kanade to know...

the truth about her father.

Goodbye...

Kanade.

I'm not asking you to forgive me.

It's okay if you hate me.

But your father...

In order to commit

to his sense of justice,

he devoted himself

to recording the truth in this way.

So it was my dad after all.

I didn't know if I should have let you listen to it or not.

But this...

is the truth I discovered.

Once, when I was a child,

I asked my father,

"What is your job?"

Then...

he said it's to be committed to justice.

But...

I wish he would have kept on living no matter what happened.

I wish he'd lived and we could laugh together

and speak with each other once more.

Because...

whatever crime he was accused of,

he is still my father.

Kanade...

You and I should...

stop meeting each other.

I understand.

We would never see each other again.

As it should be.

It's our destiny.

Masaki?

-What's the matter? Are you all right? -I'll be okay.

Hey, really?

Oh no! Maybe I... should call an ambulance.

If I stay still, I'll get better.

But... Uh...

Well, you know. I deserve it for being bad all the time.

Don't say things like that.

Hang on. Don't move.

TAKASHI

Hang in there.

Kanade.

Takashi.

Mr. Nogi.

Where does it hurt?

From my right side...

to my back.

-To the treatment room. -Yes.

500 mL saline solution. We need pentazocine too.

-Yes. -Get them ready.

We're going now.

-When did he start feeling pain? -Umm...

Right before I called. About 40 minutes ago.

-Has he been in pain since then? -Yeah.

Where did it start?

At... home.

Our apartment?

Doctor.

EMERGENCY RECEPTION

It's all right. The sedative is working.

Thank you.

Can we talk?

Huh?

Let's talk over there.

What's going on?

What?

I'm just asking.

What's going on between you two?

Well...

I don't exactly know where to start, but...

He's a friend from university, and...

I-I thought I told you about him before.

A classmate named Kaori was in a car accident.

He's the one who was missing afterward.

And...

there was something

having to do with my father we had to talk about.

About your father?

That's why I invited him to the apartment.

I didn't want anybody else to hear our conversation.

Anybody else?

Yes.

Was it... something...

you didn't want me to hear either?

I'm...

I'm...

I intend to marry you.

I wanted to.

I...

I've never betrayed you even once.

But...

what you're doing is...

I'm sorry.

I'm truly sorry.

You have to remember

that you're the one who's important to me.

Back then after Kaori's accident,

you're the one who helped me get back on my feet.

After that, we've spent more than ten years together.

I used to go out with him.

B-But now,

he's just a friend.

I won't meet him anymore.

I don't want to meet him.

Good morning.

You're still up?

Yeah. I couldn't sleep.

Aren't you going to work today?

I am, but...

Hey.

I want you to listen to this when you have time.

What is it?

It's my father's.

He recorded his views of that case

until he committed suicide.

We were listening to this.

Why?

Because

Masaki's father is mentioned in the recording.

There's one thing

I need to tell you, Kanade.

What?

He has cancer.

He's actually critically ill.

I think he should begin treatment immediately.

How did you...

Because I'm his...

attending physician.

NOGI

Is this Masaki?

Yes.

I'm in front of the house.

We need to talk.

Come in.

Hey you. What are you doing here?

I...

set the fire.

TAKASHI

Hello.

Kanade. It was just reported on the news

that Masaki's father's house is on fire.

What?

What's more, they're saying it was arson.

And that Masaki was the one who did it.

What?

Subtitle translation by: Ikuko Sachs

Do you affirm that you set the house on fire?

I did it.

Arson? What's happening?

I wonder if he did it for you.

-Just for that... -Did you follow his instructions?

I'm remaining silent.

I want to know the truth.

I'll find out in my own way.