The Good Wife Japan (The Good Wife / Guddo Waifu / グッドワイフ)

It wasn't Hayato's fault, but the bicycle was broken.

The basis was different. When things aren't going well,

can you tell him to review his study method?

Got it.

This is your case, right? Amazing.

It's just a coincidence that what your father said

became a hint.

He used me to drive his own enemy into a corner.

It went well according to plan, huh?

He pretended to advise me about the children

and gave me a hint.

Please stop.

Please... You can choose another future.

Sorry.

I'm sorry too.

Talking about this at work.

No...

- Hasumi, it's not your fault. - I'm all right now.

I've calmed down.

Then, I'll get back to work.

Yeah.

#4 Parting with the Past

I heard that you got hold of 6 new cases

from free consultation sessions last month?

I've confirmed 3 cases this month too.

Oh, how outstanding.

5 requests are coming and I will get hold of them all as well.

And I'm concluding the request that you asked me to take over

so please give me more work.

I'm counting on you.

Hasumi-sensei, you have a visitor.

Is he your son? He's handsome.

What?

Shohei-kun?

Ogiwara Shohei

High school student, baseball club member

Last night, my friend and I went to the roof of an apartment building.

Roof of an apartment building? For what?

No one would be there at night.

We smoked there last night, but the caretaker saw us so we ran away.

And then, apparently, someone reported it to the police...

This morning, when I was going to school,

I passed by my friend's house and the police were there.

Since you smoked, you will be brought in for guidance. You were also trespassing.

Can't you do something? We're in the baseball club.

At this rate, our team won't be able to participate in the tournament.

The snow from last night is still here.

Why do you have to talk to my parents?

You used to always stand by me.

You're a minor so we can't keep this from your parents.

- I was your mother's friend too... - Friend?

She ignored you immediately after your husband's scandal.

My mother is a person like that.

Your house has been sold, huh?

Where shall I place this box?

10 years ago

In the living room, please.

Yes, Madam. The living room.

Let's go.

What's the matter? You suddenly came.

- Long time no see. - I'm glad that you look well.

Ogiwara Natsuko

Shohei's mother

I've been meaning to call you...

Sorry to come without notice. Actually, you need to come outside now...

I don't mind, but...

Everyone's here now.

Usami Saori

Kyoko's friend

Saori-san, this baumkuchen is good.

Half a year ago

Is it?

Long time no see, Hasumi-san.

To think you dare to show up here.

At that time, TV gossip shows came here because of your family and

inconvenienced everyone in the neighbourhood.

I'm sorry.

Hey! What did my son do?

We're just going to ask him questions at the police station.

Please wait. I'm a lawyer.

What's he being suspected of?

He's an important witness of a certain death case.

Ogiwara Shohei, 17 years old.

He's suspected of inflicting injury resulting in death.

On the day of the incident, after his club activities ended,

Nakamura Akihiro

High school student, baseball club member

he and his friend Nakamura Akihiro were smoking at the roof of

an apartment building and discovered by the caretaker.

- What are you doing there? - Oh no.

The two of them quickly ran off in different directions,

but apparently, the caretaker chased after Shohei-kun.

Wait!

He was caught by the caretaker while trying to escape and they had a scuffle.

In the heat of the moment, the caretaker lost his balance, fell to the ground and died.

Yesterday, Shohei was brought in for voluntary questioning and then arrested.

By the way, the person himself seems to deny it.

- What's the evidence? - Fingerprints on the caretaker's belt and

an eyewitness testimony from the friend who was with him.

Since this is a death case, it will be sent to the prosecution.

When that happens, indictment is almost certain.

Um... Why am I in charge of this?

He's Hasumi-sensei's acquaintance, right?

Many things happened between his parents and I.

I will be second chair so can you take first chair?

Then, can Tada-sensei take this with Hasumi-sensei?

I have another case.

Anyway, I'm counting on you.

This boy's father is a company manager.

- No harm getting him to be our client. - Okay.

Let's work together.

Yes. Come in.

Did something happen with Hasumi-sensei?

Nothing in particular.

I don't want to interfere with an adult's romance either,

but if you get into an adultery scandal with Hasumi Soichiro's wife,

- it will hurt our firm's reputation. - I told you, I'm not...

Hasumi-sensei is the one who will suffer the most if she knows of your feelings.

Keep a cool head.

Do you want to make her feel worse?

You intended to make me lose my position, right?

You're good at manipulating behind the scenes after all.

You think that if I'm not around and the next person takes over,

- you might escape prosecution. - That's persecutory delusion.

As you intended, at first,

I was to take responsibility and resign, but

I begged the Chief Prosecutor and told him that

I'm the only one who can handle your case.

Please let me handle only Hasumi's case.

I will accept any kind of punishment after I finish that.

Please...

Please! I beg you!

I will prosecute you.

That's it. That's the look I wanted to see.

That feigned look of justice distorting into frustration.

If you're found guilty at trial,

you will have to quit being a prosecutor, of course.

To think you even used your wife and resorted to small tricks.

It's too bad.

- Hey. - Yes.

Take him back.

This boy's mother was my first friend

when I moved there 10 years ago.

And...

The first person who abandoned me.

Hasumi-san, is it true that you accepted bribes?

They have 2 kids, right...

How pitiful...

That's how it is.

- Do you have a similar experience? - No.

I don't want to go through that so

I don't need friends other than those who can give me information.

I'm going off.

I didn't do it. I didn't kill the caretaker.

Have you heard about your friend's eyewitness testimony from the police?

Shohei was slow in escaping so I got worried and when I went back,

he had a scuffle with the caretaker at the fire escape staircase.

Then, the caretaker lost his balance and fell down.

That's a lie! We had a scuffle, but not at the fire escape staircase.

I turned, ran away and went straight home.

Believe me. I didn't do it.

In order to believe you, we will look into this.

We're asking all the baseball club members now.

Were Ogiwara Shohei-kun and Nakamura Akihiro-kun close?

Ito Yoshiaki

High school student, baseball club member

Yes.

They were especially hanging out recently.

Give me a break. Just when I thought that the commotion

from your incident had finally calmed down, now it's Natsuko-san's turn?

Usami Tomoya

High school student, baseball club member

I'm sorry for the commotion.

Can we talk to your son for a while...

In the first place, Natsuko-san left her son alone

in that condition so this happened.

In that condition?

Shohei-kun was the ace of the baseball club, but

half a year ago, he injured his arm and was taken off the regular lineup.

Because of that, his conduct worsened, apparently.

He gave in to despair and went astray?

I heard from his school that Nakamura-kun who was with him

was a serious model student, but while he was sympathising with Shohei-kun,

he became influenced by Shohei's bad behaviour.

Is it possible that Nakamura-kun was lying?

Like he pushed the caretaker and blamed it on Shohei-kun.

I don't think so. There's the fingerprints and

- the footprints as well. - Footprints?

At the fire escape staircase where the caretaker was pushed,

footprints that were thought to be from the culprit were found.

Those footprints matched with the shoe that Ogiwara Shohei dropped

when he was running away.

Sport shoes that the baseball club wears, of size 27.

The friend who was with him, Nakamura's size is 24.5

so the footprints do not match.

Footprints, fingerprints and an eyewitness testimony?

With all these, it's really tough.

So I will like to settle with the victim's bereaved family.

He's a minor, it was an unintentional act,

and he seems to be reflecting on it.