Antihero (アンチヒーロー)

HIYAMA

I won't let you get away again.

How?

This will be enough evidence to prove you killed Mr. Hanegi.

I wanted to find out.

Why Mr. Akizumi...

got an acquittal for you.

You're also connected...

to the Itoi family murders from 12 years ago.

In exchange for getting acquitted of the murder,

you do whatever Mr. Akizumi asks.

Isn't that right?

Please answer me.

Come in.

I'll clean them up right now.

That file...

documents what happened 12 years ago.

It was left by Ms. Reiko Momose,

Mr. Akizumi's former colleague.

Momose?

You want to learn...

about Mr. Yusaku Shimizu, don't you?

What do you mean...

you've come to apologize?

Mr. Akizumi?

Your father...

Mr. Yusaku Shimizu...

is innocent.

Are these all the documents she compiled about the Itoi family murders?

Thank you.

Ms. Momose was the first to suspect

that Mr. Shimizu was wrongly accused.

But Mr. Shimizu had a compelling motive for committing murder.

Embezzlement, right?

Right.

The Chiba Police suspected Mr. Shimizu and Mr. Itoi's involvement.

But they couldn't find conclusive evidence.

Then Mr. Itoi was murdered by someone.

And suspicion fell on Mr. Shimizu.

The prefectural police found evidence

of both their involvement in embezzlement at Mr. Itoi's house.

The prosecution began questioning Mr. Shimizu.

A prosecutor was assigned to the task,

who was assisting at the time from the Saitama office.

That prosecutor was Mr. Akizumi.

I was assigned...

to question Mr. Shimizu.

Mr. Shimizu...

consistently denied committing the murder.

At the time of the incident, he claimed he was at a park

searching for his daughter's stuffed bunny at her request.

But...

at the time...

I blindly trusted the prosecution's fairness.

And I didn't doubt that he was the culprit.

I didn't do it.

I was searching for a stuffed toy at a park during that time!

A stuffed toy?

You've said that dozens of times already.

Believe me.

It's true.

I was really looking for it!

You weren't looking for it.

You were killing people!

You had a dispute with the victim over the embezzlement.

No.

Your wife at least thinks you did it.

A reporter gave me this picture.

Apparently, she left the house with your daughter.

It seems she's preparing for a divorce.

With a five-year-old child,

being hounded by the media day in and day out...

The poor thing.

I hope this doesn't emotionally scar your daughter.

S-Saya...

Whose fault do you think this is?!

Are you going to keep causing pain to your family?!

I heard about your wife.

It was a traffic accident.

Your daughter...

has been taken in by a children's home.

After moving, going through a divorce,

and finding a job...

Just when they were starting over.

They deserved...

a different life.

I did this...

I did this...

Could you say that again, clearly?

Who...

killed Mr. Itoi?

I...

did it.

I compelled your father to confess to the crime.

Given these reasons, I will now deliver the verdict.

The decision.

The accused...

is sentenced to death.

If you are dissatisfied with this verdict,

file an appeal with this courthouse within 14 days from tomorrow,

addressing it to the Tokyo High Court...

I'm the one who put your father...

on death row.

I'm truly sorry.

It was six years after the trial...

that I realized my mistake.

The one who informed me...

was someone you also knew well.

Momose told me.

That you...

were at a dog shelter.

That day,

when I met you and Cocoa.

I realized that I had taken away...

a beloved father from someone so young.

Ms. Momose became aware that Mr. Shimizu might have been falsely accused

and was continuing her investigations.

However, she discovered she was ill and was unable to achieve her goal.

That's Ms. Momose.

She passed away a long time ago.

In the file that Ms. Momose entrusted to Mr. Akizumi,

she wrote this.

"An officer from the Chiba Police at the time,

had found video footage proving Mr. Shimizu's alibi."

And the one who covered it up was...

Answer me.

You unlawfully covered that up, didn't you?

Was it...

my father?

Your father...

and Mr. Datehara.

Carrying on Ms. Momose's wish,

Mr. Akizumi attempted to look into the footage.

However, despite having an ongoing case,

he was abruptly ordered to transfer to the countryside.

Mr. Datehara must have intervened.

So, Mr. Akizumi is currently searching for this footage?

One year ago,

my mother back home passed away.

When I was in middle school, my dad died.

After that, she raised me all by herself.

Your mom's in critical condition?

Whatever. Why don't you go, then?

Thank you.

You'll be fired, though.

We don't need irresponsible people

who abandon their duties.

Looking back, I should've ignored him and gone anyway.

But I was afraid of losing this job that I had finally secured

as a regular employee.

That's why, despite the cruel treatment,

I gritted my teeth and kept working.

But...

Are you really talking back?

How rude.

Is this how you were raised?

Did your mother not teach you anything?

Well?

Bring your mom sometime.

Oh, my bad.

She died, didn't she?

Good thing she died, huh?

Now, you can keep working here forever.

Take it back!

Huh?

How dare you insult my mom's death!

Take it back!

Let go of me!

What the hell is this?

You'd better clean that up.

It'll get in the way of work.

To celebrate me landing a job after college,

my mom bought this for me with the money she saved up.

Despite her poor health, she kept working.

She pushed herself hard to send me to college.

Because she believed it would give me better job opportunities.

That's why I couldn't tell her about my failed job hunt.

When I lied and said I found a job,

Mom was overjoyed.

But...

Her feelings were trampled upon.

I'll kill him.

Next thing I realized, I was out of control.

I committed murder.

I can't go back to being honest anymore.

I could die right then and there.

That's what I thought when...

You have a visitor.

-Get ready to come out. -Right.

Who's the visitor?

An attorney.

Um...

Are you eating properly?

Mr. Keita Hiyama.

I've been looking for you for so long.

Do you remember what happened 12 years ago?

Perhaps I should clarify.

It's about the time you were taking jobs from Spilldoor.

I'm looking for a certain video.

I've come here because I figured you might know where to find it.