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Hey, can you keep it down?
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I told you to keep it down.
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Hey.
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What's wrong?
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Nothing.
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Furusawa from the Tokyo Assembly
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might have lied
about his educational background.
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He claims to have graduated
from Atlanta University in the US,
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but his former secretary says
he went to a vocational school
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with a similar name.
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Has the university confirmed that?
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They haven't responded to my email yet.
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Then scrap it.
It's not worth spending that much time on.
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What's your last topic?
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Yes, sir. Sakaida,
a famous baseball player,
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is said to be slandering his teammates
on a private social media account.
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Any proof?
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I'll go talk
to his former teammate tomorrow.
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Keep working on that.
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Yes, sir.
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Hirata, you're next.
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Hirata, your topics.
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I don't have any.
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What does that mean?
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Exactly what it sounds like.
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I don't have any topics
suitable for this meeting.
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Sorry for disappointing you.
That's all from me.
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- Next.
- Yes, sir.
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My first topic is an inheritance dispute
over the estate of Ichiro Iida,
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a famous businessman,
after his sudden death...
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You seemed pretty on edge
in that meeting back there.
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Yeah?
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Yes, it even got me nervous.
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- Did you really not have any topics?
- Thanks.
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For the Fujiwara story,
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the source was Mr. Akashi,
general manager of Kodama Productions.
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Wait, the agency?
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Have you confirmed that?
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The barkeeper who connected
Moeka Tanabe to Fujiwara
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tried to sell
that information to a magazine,
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but Kodama Productions found out
and paid a huge sum to buy it.
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But why leak it now after all this time?
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Probably to harass Rafale.
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They branched off from Kodama
while taking Fujiwara with them.
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So they used us to try to ruin Fujiwara?
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But didn't the editor-in-chief say
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it was an anonymous leak
when he assigned it to you?
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I think he knew that the source
was Kodama Productions.
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What? What does that mean?
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You know that we make tons of money
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from calendars and photo books
of idols affiliated with Kodama, right?
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He was the one who arranged that deal,
and became editor-in-chief as a result.
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I wouldn't be surprised
if he's linked to Yoko Kodama.
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So you're saying he published that article
on Kuryu in order to help Kodama?
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But that's favoritism.
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- That's why I'll write an article on it.
- What?
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"The article from Weekly Buncho
bashing Fujiwara
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was written in order to please
a big talent agency."
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"The entertainment industry resorts
to dirty tactics to silence a magazine."
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"It's time to shine a light on it all."
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- How does that sound?
- But isn't that…
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Don't do it.
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The Fujiwara topic is old news now.
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He ended up getting dropped
from the JBS TV special drama too.
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He's out of the public eye now.
I doubt the readers care anymore.
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I wonder about that.
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What if Kodama was also behind him
getting dropped from the drama?
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In the first place,
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our editor-in-chief won't allow an article
saying we bowed down to a big agency.
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It will just harm your career.
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Exactly. That would be whistle blowing,
wouldn't it?
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You could get fired.
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You once told me, Ninomiya,
that the role of a reporter
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is to be the person
who says the emperor wears no clothes.
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You taught me that when I just joined.
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Have you forgotten?
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Look, recklessness
isn't the same as bravery.
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And cowardice isn't the same as caution.
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Calm down, you two.
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Also, why are you so fixated
on this story, Kanade?
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Because it's humiliating.
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What?
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I hate that I was exploited into writing
an article to suck up to an agency.
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Doesn't mean you have to
throw your career away.
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Provoking the editor-in-chief
could lose you your transfer
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as well as your job.
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I wonder why she has so much hostility
for the entertainment industry.
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MEMORIAL FOR SHIGERU KODAMA
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It's been lovely having you all here,
but it's about time to wrap up.
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I would like to thank you all
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for coming to commemorate my father,
Shigeru Kodama.
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Building this agency
in just one generation took my father…
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Took the chairman
no small amount of effort.
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I consider it my duty
to take Kodama Productions,
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the legacy he left behind,
to even greater heights.
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I hope that all of you will continue
to offer us your gracious goodwill.
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The chairman nurtured both his talents
and his employees with love and care.
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Unfortunately, his sentiments
were not always answered in kind.
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There were employees who left the agency,
as if biting the hand that fed them.
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If we were to tolerate
such self-serving behavior,
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it would threaten the very order that
our predecessors worked so hard to build.
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Let us stand united
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and protect the integrity
of our shared industry!
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TETSUYA IGARASHI
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"For the time being, refrain from casting
any talents affiliated with Rafale."
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I hear Mr. Fujiwara
was officially dropped from the show.
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Why did he end up getting dropped
when the backlash had already died down?
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Your other talents
are also getting dropped
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from private productions,
one after another.
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Is it not because Kodama Productions
is pressuring the industry
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to ostracize Rafale?
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The one who leaked Mr. Fujiwara's scandal
was Mr. Akashi from Kodama.
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I believe you two joined Kodama
around the same time.
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Let's make a deal, then.
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A deal?
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A big player in the industry
bullying an underdog,
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and a female head of a company
fearlessly fighting back.
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The public loves stories like that.
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Having them on your side
would be a big boon.
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If the public makes noise on social media,
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the sponsors and TV stations
can't just ignore it.
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It might make your life a bit easier.
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What's in it for you?
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Could you tell me in detail about the feud
between you and Kodama Productions?
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There's no feud between...
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You left Kodama Productions
four years ago, correct?
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But I hear you were antagonistic
towards Chief Kodama even before that.
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That's pure speculation.
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Was the feud caused by the incident
from five years ago?
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I read some magazines from that period.
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Ms. Ioka, please talk to me.
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I refuse.
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Why?
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Did you forget what you did to us?
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You tabloid writers
always prey on people's lives.
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I will not dance to your tune.
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Ever.
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Contact me anytime
if you change your mind.
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A reporter from Weekly Buncho?
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Yes.
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She found out from the man
who sold us the pictures back then.
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Her name is Hirata,
and she came to talk to me.
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Said she knew
we were the source of the leak.
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Was it to tear down Saki Ioka,
who left your agency and started her own?
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And how did you respond?
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That I couldn't tell her anything.
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I see.
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I was too careless.
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I apologize.
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It won't happen again.
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You understand, right?
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You know what you must do now.
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Be quick and sort that matter out
with the other party.
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Understood.
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Please excuse me.
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BUNCHO
KANADE HIRATA
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By the way, I'm done with the draft.
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Okay, I'll go through it later.
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Mr. Ninomiya!
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We need to talk.
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Let's go somewhere else.
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You were right.
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Aside from JBS TV, other stations
are also trying to cut off Rafale.
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I figured.
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Can you dig deeper to find out
how exactly Kodama took action?
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Okay, I'll let you know
if I have any updates.
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Please do.
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Ms. Hirata, I presume?
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Do you have a moment?
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Here's your fugu sashimi.
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Thank you.
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So? What would you like to know?
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You have things you want
to ask me, correct?
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It's about Kuryu Fujiwara's scandal.
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The leak was made
by an employee from your agency.
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Surely you're joking.
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I highly doubt that.
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Did you order him to?
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And why would I?
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I hear Chairman Kodama was quite fond
of Rafale's chief, Ms. Ioka.
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And four years ago,
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when you became the chief,
she left the agency, along with Fujiwara.
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I'm sure you had reservations about
the chairman agreeing to Fujiwara
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and Aso co-starring in the JBS drama.
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What are you implying?
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You wanted to punish Ms. Ioka
for going independent,
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so you leaked Kuryu Fujiwara's scandal.
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Am I wrong?
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What an amusing story.
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Shall I introduce you to an editor I know?
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It's true that the chairman
had a soft spot for Saki,
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and that an employee leaving the agency
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while taking one of our talents
was a big blow to us.
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Then...
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But while Ioka was at our agency,
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she was a valuable employee
who did a truly tremendous job.
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Your accusations
are completely groundless.
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Then, the leak was made
at the sole discretion of that employee?
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If it were true that he really leaked it,
then I would say so.
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I see.
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In that case,
may I ask you about Yuri Hara?
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Do you remember her?
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She was an actress who Ms. Ioka
was in charge of when she was with you,
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and she took her own life five years ago.
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Ms. Ioka went independent
one year after that.
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Was that a coincidence?
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You're quite talented, Ms. Kanade Hirata.
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Just as I would expect from a graduate
of the Kyushu U. Literary Department.
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After graduating, you applied to Buncho
to become an editor of literary novels,
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but you were assigned as a reporter
for their weekly magazine.
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In spite of that, you held strong,
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and you have continued
to prove yourself in the field.
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Your parents must be so proud of you.
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Your sister, however,
seems to be an exception.
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Well.
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Please, help yourself.
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No need to be so reserved.
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Or do you perhaps not enjoy fugu?
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No, I quite like it.
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Then here...
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I'm not fond of accepting offers
that I might regret taking later.
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If you'll excuse me.
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Ioka.
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Been a while, huh?
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Yeah.
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We used to drink until morning here.
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You were the only coworker
I could vent my frustrations to.
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So, what's up?
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I want a bottle of this
and two glasses on the rocks.
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Coming right up.
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You okay with that?
Out of nostalgia?
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Sure.
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This is all we ever drank back then.
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Yeah, because it was cheap.
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When you get to our age,
you get to drink good liquor more often.
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And just eat out more often.
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But you know…
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Every once in a while,
I get an intense craving for this stuff
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that we used to gulp down
while venting our frustrations away.
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- Cheers.
- Cheers.
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What do you want this late?
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You were staking out Kodama Productions.
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Who told you that?
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Was it Yoko Kodama?
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I figured you two were connected.
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So?
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Did she order you
to silence the annoying reporter?
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What are you digging for?
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It was Kodama Productions
who leaked the Fujiwara story to us.
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They wanted to punish Rafale
for branching off and taking Fujiwara.
251
00:19:16,906 --> 00:19:20,201
We published the scandal on Fujiwara
to please Kodama.
252
00:19:21,535 --> 00:19:24,038
If that's true,
I want to make it into an article.
253
00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:25,830
It's speculation.
254
00:19:25,873 --> 00:19:27,249
Are you afraid?
255
00:19:27,333 --> 00:19:30,628
That they'll revoke our benefits
if we criticize them?
256
00:19:34,507 --> 00:19:39,136
In the first place, we can't publish
that kind of article anyway.
257
00:19:39,220 --> 00:19:40,554
And why is that?
258
00:19:40,638 --> 00:19:43,808
Weekly Buncho has fiercely exposed
other people's wrongdoings,
259
00:19:43,891 --> 00:19:46,143
so shouldn't we be
just as strict on ourselves?
260
00:19:46,227 --> 00:19:48,229
Those are two different matters.
261
00:19:49,563 --> 00:19:51,565
Fine, I'll publish it somewhere else.
262
00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:53,901
Do you really think you'll be able to?
263
00:19:53,984 --> 00:19:55,986
Who's going to stop me?
264
00:19:56,070 --> 00:19:57,613
Yoko Kodama?
265
00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:08,374
Are you obeying Yoko Kodama
despite knowing the full story?
266
00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:10,418
Why?
267
00:20:10,501 --> 00:20:12,837
Does she have some dirt on you?
268
00:20:22,471 --> 00:20:24,432
Why are you so invested in this story?
269
00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:28,936
I'm not.
270
00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,648
I just don't like
being taken advantage of.
271
00:20:36,861 --> 00:20:38,863
- I will...
- Stay off this case.
272
00:20:39,822 --> 00:20:41,073
I refuse.
273
00:20:42,533 --> 00:20:44,994
If you want to keep working
at this company,
274
00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:48,164
you will stop pursuing this case.
275
00:20:49,415 --> 00:20:50,415
Okay?
276
00:21:10,561 --> 00:21:11,854
Remember that?
277
00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:15,274
When Aso got double-booked for work
in both Sendai and Fukuoka,
278
00:21:15,357 --> 00:21:17,860
and we only found out on that morning?
279
00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:20,070
- I really freaked out.
- Right?
280
00:21:20,154 --> 00:21:22,990
Thanks again for helping with that one.
281
00:21:23,073 --> 00:21:26,619
It's fine. You helped me
on plenty of occasions too.
282
00:21:27,578 --> 00:21:32,166
I went through a lot over there,
but I always trusted you and the chairman.
283
00:21:45,888 --> 00:21:47,848
A Weekly Buncho reporter visited me.
284
00:21:51,352 --> 00:21:54,396
Said you were the one
who leaked the Fujiwara story.
285
00:21:57,191 --> 00:21:58,192
Did you?
286
00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:06,825
I'm sorry.
287
00:22:09,745 --> 00:22:11,413
I was jealous.
288
00:22:12,915 --> 00:22:16,126
You started your own agency
and carved out your own path.
289
00:22:19,296 --> 00:22:23,259
When I first heard you were leaving,
I honestly didn't think you'd make it.
290
00:22:24,093 --> 00:22:25,093
Awful, right?
291
00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:29,347
And yet…
292
00:22:30,558 --> 00:22:32,977
You slowly but surely earned repute…
293
00:22:34,395 --> 00:22:37,189
And Fujiwara managed to return to TV.
294
00:22:39,024 --> 00:22:42,194
Meanwhile, I'm still just a lapdog
for my agency.
295
00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:47,366
I'm the "general manager,"
but all I do is follow the chief's orders.
296
00:22:51,745 --> 00:22:53,664
I just felt so pathetic.
297
00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:57,501
That's why…
298
00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:01,589
I wanted to get in your way.
299
00:23:03,007 --> 00:23:04,133
So I did all that.
300
00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:13,309
Did you really do it of your own will?
301
00:23:17,855 --> 00:23:18,856
Yeah.
302
00:23:20,482 --> 00:23:22,026
It was all my decision.
303
00:23:23,819 --> 00:23:24,903
I'm sorry.
304
00:23:37,041 --> 00:23:38,834
You're not pathetic.
305
00:23:41,337 --> 00:23:42,963
After going independent,
306
00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:46,634
I learned how impressive it is
to stay with an organization.
307
00:23:46,717 --> 00:23:50,179
So I can understand
how tough your position is.
308
00:23:52,514 --> 00:23:54,516
I also get that sometimes
309
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,312
you have to make uncomfortable decisions
to protect an organization.
310
00:24:00,564 --> 00:24:03,901
Not to mention, you have a family.
311
00:24:06,070 --> 00:24:08,614
You have to look after
your wife and children.
312
00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:13,911
I'm sorry.
313
00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:25,881
I should get going.
314
00:24:28,050 --> 00:24:29,093
Okay.
315
00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:32,971
Thanks for coming.
316
00:24:33,555 --> 00:24:34,555
Yeah.
317
00:24:41,355 --> 00:24:43,524
Can I get the bill?
318
00:24:43,607 --> 00:24:46,485
Yes, sir. Please wait a moment.
319
00:24:57,204 --> 00:25:00,249
Weekly Buncho acts like
they're some force of justice
320
00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:01,792
or whatever to the public,
321
00:25:01,875 --> 00:25:03,585
but they're just cowards.
322
00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:04,753
Kanade.
323
00:25:05,421 --> 00:25:07,089
- Can I have more of this?
- Sure.
324
00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:09,383
You're drinking too much. Are you okay?
325
00:25:09,466 --> 00:25:11,051
No, I'm not okay.
326
00:25:11,677 --> 00:25:15,305
If weekly magazines
can only survive by bowing down
327
00:25:15,389 --> 00:25:20,436
to the shitty entertainment industry,
then they're already done for.
328
00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:24,064
I've been wanting to ask,
329
00:25:24,148 --> 00:25:26,442
what's with your bias
against show business?
330
00:25:27,276 --> 00:25:29,695
You seem to hate it a bit too much.
331
00:25:30,654 --> 00:25:32,698
I can sense it in your articles, too.
332
00:25:33,282 --> 00:25:37,077
It feels almost like
it's bordering on obsession.
333
00:25:38,287 --> 00:25:39,288
Is there a reason?
334
00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:45,127
Sorry, no need to answer
if you don't want to.
335
00:25:49,298 --> 00:25:51,592
Show business destroyed something of mine.
336
00:25:51,675 --> 00:25:53,677
What? Destroyed what?
337
00:25:53,761 --> 00:25:55,679
- Here you go, ma'am.
- Thanks.
338
00:25:55,763 --> 00:25:57,681
- What about you?
- I'll have more too.
339
00:25:57,765 --> 00:25:59,224
Okay, coming right up.
340
00:26:00,976 --> 00:26:03,145
Also, did you hear about Mr. Ninomiya?
341
00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:04,646
You didn't hear the talk
342
00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:07,566
about the young woman
who barged into our office?
343
00:26:07,649 --> 00:26:09,651
- Not really.
- Guess what?
344
00:26:09,735 --> 00:26:12,196
I saw the two of them together today.
345
00:26:13,155 --> 00:26:16,492
Looked like it might be
some kind of romantic trouble to me.
346
00:26:30,172 --> 00:26:31,298
I drank too much.
347
00:26:31,965 --> 00:26:33,884
- You feeling okay?
- Just drunk.
348
00:26:34,968 --> 00:26:36,970
Sorry, Mizuguchi. I'm going home first.
349
00:26:37,054 --> 00:26:37,971
Okay, thanks.
350
00:26:38,055 --> 00:26:38,931
See you later.
351
00:26:39,014 --> 00:26:40,349
Is your home that way?
352
00:27:11,713 --> 00:27:14,132
- You never said you'd come over…
- Can't I?
353
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,385
- No, you can...
- I'm coming in.
354
00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:18,512
- Pardon me.
- Hey!
355
00:27:22,224 --> 00:27:23,642
What's up with you?
356
00:27:36,613 --> 00:27:37,948
Are you cheating on me?
357
00:27:38,031 --> 00:27:39,031
What?
358
00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:42,536
Heard you were with a woman
who came to the office today.
359
00:27:42,619 --> 00:27:43,745
How do you know her?
360
00:27:44,454 --> 00:27:46,248
Just someone I interviewed once.
361
00:27:47,124 --> 00:27:48,667
For what story?
362
00:27:48,750 --> 00:27:50,961
Can't say. You should know that.
363
00:27:51,962 --> 00:27:55,215
A person you once interviewed
came to the office over and over?
364
00:27:55,299 --> 00:27:56,925
It's not that unusual.
365
00:27:58,260 --> 00:28:00,178
You've got the wrong idea.
366
00:28:00,262 --> 00:28:01,930
Cheer up, okay?
367
00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:06,225
Okay?
368
00:29:06,328 --> 00:29:08,372
WILL
369
00:30:03,051 --> 00:30:05,971
- Are you going to shower?
- Huh? Okay.
370
00:30:24,197 --> 00:30:25,949
R
PLEASE CALL ME
371
00:30:29,619 --> 00:30:32,581
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
PLEASE CALL ME
372
00:30:32,664 --> 00:30:36,376
PLEASE ANSWER MY CALLS
I'M AT THE BUNCHO OFFICE
373
00:30:42,591 --> 00:30:44,634
I NEED AN EXPLANATION FOR YESTERDAY
374
00:30:45,719 --> 00:30:47,471
I'll TALK TO YOU LATER
UNDERSTOOD
375
00:30:47,554 --> 00:30:49,598
PLEASE GO THROUGH THIS DRAFT
376
00:31:03,904 --> 00:31:10,452
BUNCHO OFFICE
377
00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:17,918
I used to be more gung-ho
when I was younger,
378
00:31:18,001 --> 00:31:19,336
but now I'm more relaxed.
379
00:31:19,419 --> 00:31:24,049
Rather than do things my own way,
I try to adjust to how my co-stars act.
380
00:31:24,132 --> 00:31:26,718
That's what's fun for me now.
381
00:31:27,803 --> 00:31:28,887
I see.
382
00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:34,434
There are rumors that you'll be starring
in a major US-Japan joint production
383
00:31:34,518 --> 00:31:36,686
that will be streamed worldwide.
384
00:31:37,479 --> 00:31:41,733
It has always been our chief's desire
for one of Kodama Productions' actors
385
00:31:41,817 --> 00:31:43,777
to star in a foreign production.
386
00:31:44,528 --> 00:31:47,614
I would like to take the first step
as the face of the agency.
387
00:31:53,995 --> 00:31:55,580
How did that go?
388
00:31:57,582 --> 00:31:58,583
Fine.
389
00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:00,919
I have her location.
390
00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:03,630
I'll go meet her later.
391
00:32:03,713 --> 00:32:05,132
This is a critical phase.
392
00:32:05,799 --> 00:32:07,634
Failure is not an option.
393
00:32:10,387 --> 00:32:13,014
- Yes, ma'am.
- Do you have any personal goals?
394
00:32:13,098 --> 00:32:14,474
Let's see.
395
00:32:15,809 --> 00:32:17,436
The same as my chief.
396
00:32:18,061 --> 00:32:20,564
I want to leave a mark
in a foreign production
397
00:32:20,647 --> 00:32:23,942
and repay the chief
and my agency for their efforts.
398
00:32:24,025 --> 00:32:27,404
That has been my goal for many years now.
399
00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:31,741
Thank you for the call.
400
00:32:32,409 --> 00:32:35,579
Are you willing to continue
our conversation from before?
401
00:32:36,538 --> 00:32:37,538
Yes.
402
00:32:38,331 --> 00:32:40,750
But I have a condition.
403
00:32:40,834 --> 00:32:41,834
A condition?
404
00:32:42,294 --> 00:32:45,881
Mr. Akashi may have been the one
to leak Kuryu's scandal to Weekly Buncho,
405
00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:49,342
but the order must have come
from his superior, Ms. Yoko Kodama.
406
00:32:50,010 --> 00:32:52,262
I want you to find evidence to prove that.
407
00:32:54,014 --> 00:32:55,348
I understand.
408
00:32:56,975 --> 00:33:00,103
So the persecution against your agency
409
00:33:00,187 --> 00:33:05,108
is indeed a concentrated effort
orchestrated by Ms. Yoko Kodama then?
410
00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:07,319
I believe so.
411
00:33:08,153 --> 00:33:10,947
However, one thing doesn't make sense.
412
00:33:12,491 --> 00:33:13,658
Doesn't make sense?
413
00:33:13,742 --> 00:33:17,496
It's true that there were
disagreements between us.
414
00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:22,918
I can understand her trying to squash me
by leaking Fujiwara's scandal.
415
00:33:24,252 --> 00:33:27,255
What I don't get is,
why exactly this timing?
416
00:33:29,257 --> 00:33:32,427
Filming had already started
for the JBS drama
417
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:35,055
that Fujiwara and Mr. Aso
were going to co-star in.
418
00:33:35,138 --> 00:33:37,807
Even though we bypassed Ms. Yoko
to get it approved,
419
00:33:38,642 --> 00:33:41,561
a scandal on Fujiwara
coming out at that time
420
00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:45,815
would also greatly affect the work
of Mr. Aso, the face of their agency.
421
00:33:45,899 --> 00:33:48,818
I can't imagine
any agency would want to do that.
422
00:33:49,653 --> 00:33:50,653
Good point.
423
00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:56,326
Maybe there was a reason
they had to leak it at that point in time.
424
00:33:58,828 --> 00:34:04,584
Perhaps something that was more important
than just making things harder for me.
425
00:34:05,752 --> 00:34:07,420
I want you to find that out.
426
00:34:14,803 --> 00:34:16,680
Does that ring a bell?
427
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:22,435
One of our reporters
got word of a particular scandal.
428
00:34:23,019 --> 00:34:24,019
What?
429
00:34:26,606 --> 00:34:28,942
Hey, what the heck? That's mine!
430
00:34:29,025 --> 00:34:31,987
Is this informant
the person you met today?
431
00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:34,447
Yeah.
432
00:34:34,531 --> 00:34:37,033
That's a huge scoop!
When is it coming out?
433
00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:39,411
It isn't.
434
00:34:39,494 --> 00:34:40,494
What?
435
00:34:41,538 --> 00:34:43,248
It ended up being fake.
436
00:34:43,331 --> 00:34:44,332
Fake?
437
00:34:52,716 --> 00:34:55,093
That reporter said it was a fake story.
438
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,096
But assuming that it was true
439
00:34:58,179 --> 00:35:01,141
and that it was planned
to be published in Weekly Buncho,
440
00:35:01,224 --> 00:35:05,186
I would expect Kodama Productions
to make a deal with Buncho over it.
441
00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:09,149
You think Fujiwara's scandal
was used as part of that deal?
442
00:35:09,232 --> 00:35:13,612
Yes. If that were the case,
it would all make sense.
443
00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:17,657
What was that article about?
444
00:35:20,035 --> 00:35:23,663
An allegation about a prominent actor
affiliated with Kodama Productions…
445
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:27,834
Sexually assaulting someone.
446
00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:32,130
A prominent actor?
447
00:35:40,472 --> 00:35:44,059
THAT DAY, I WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
BY HIDETO ASO
448
00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:45,560
It's Hideto Aso.
449
00:36:25,392 --> 00:36:28,395
- Sorry. Thanks for the drink.
- I'll see you again.
450
00:36:34,317 --> 00:36:35,985
Nice to meet you.
451
00:36:36,069 --> 00:36:37,779
Did you just get off from work?
452
00:36:39,948 --> 00:36:40,949
Here.
453
00:36:44,411 --> 00:36:45,411
What?
454
00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:46,955
TAKAYUKI AKASHI
455
00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:53,962
I would like to talk to you
about our talent, Mr. Hideto Aso.
456
00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:29,080
Let us both
make the best of this partnership.
457
00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:30,248
Agreed.
458
00:37:31,207 --> 00:37:32,417
PREVIEW
459
00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:33,501
Is it true?
460
00:37:33,585 --> 00:37:37,088
Fujiwara's scandal was leaked
to cover that up?
461
00:37:37,172 --> 00:37:39,215
A SCANDAL HIDDEN BEHIND A SCANDAL
462
00:37:39,299 --> 00:37:40,800
Are you going to expose it?
463
00:37:40,884 --> 00:37:44,554
If we don't do anything about it,
our agency is done for.
464
00:37:44,637 --> 00:37:47,348
COVER-UPS AND TRUTHS
OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
465
00:37:47,432 --> 00:37:49,225
How much has she found out?
466
00:37:49,309 --> 00:37:50,477
Were you bribed?
467
00:37:51,019 --> 00:37:54,397
Doesn't everyone have some hidden secret?
468
00:37:54,481 --> 00:37:57,817
A different side of you
that you can't show to others?
469
00:37:57,901 --> 00:38:00,028
We can't afford any mistakes.
470
00:38:00,653 --> 00:38:02,655
Can you agree to a settlement?
471
00:38:02,739 --> 00:38:06,075
We'd prefer to avoid
taking any forceful measures.
472
00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:08,536
WHAT BIG SECRET WILL COME TO LIGHT?
473
00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:11,247
I have nothing to say to her.
474
00:38:11,331 --> 00:38:12,832
They'll keep pressuring us.
475
00:38:12,916 --> 00:38:14,125
You should stop too.
476
00:38:14,209 --> 00:38:17,587
This case is just the tip of the iceberg.
477
00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:20,381
I have something I want you to see.
478
00:38:20,465 --> 00:38:23,218
Complaints raised by those
who've been unjustly hurt
479
00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:25,804
are being erased
by favoritism and manipulation.
480
00:38:26,805 --> 00:38:28,890
THE TRUTH CHANGES INSTANTLY
481
00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:30,683
I'm considering backing out.
482
00:38:30,767 --> 00:38:35,647
IOKA ATTEMPTS TO BRING COVERED-UP TRUTHS
TO LIGHT
483
00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:39,984
WHO IS THE VICTIM OF THE CASE
THEY DISCOVER?
484
00:38:41,110 --> 00:38:45,323
Subtitle translation by: Saim Ul Hassan