Manhunt (君よ憤怒の河を渉れ)

Kimi yo fundo no kawa wo watare Dangerous Chase

Producer: NAGATA Masaichi

Assistant Producer: TOKUMA Yasuyoshi

Screenplay: TASAKA Kei SATO Jun'ya

Planning: MIYAKO Tokuko After a novel by: NISHIMURA Juko

Cast:

TAKAKURA Ken

NAKANO Ryoko

HARADA Yoshio

IKEBE Ryô Special guest role: BAISHO Mitsuko

OTAKI Hideji TANAKA Kunie

NAITO Taketoshi OHWADA Shin'ya NISHIMURA Kô

KANDA Takashi HISATOMI Koreharu UBASAKI Nobutada YOSHIDA Yoshio

TABATA Yoshishiko SAWA Mutsuru KIJIMA Ichiro

MATSUYAMA Shinichi ATO Kai KIJIMA Shinsuke HOSOI Masao TOBITA Kisao

Director: SATO Jun'ya

OCTOBER 10, 3 P.M. SHINJUKU, TOKYO

Come quickly! I just saw my robber! Quickly!

This way!

There he is! There he is! Capture him!

Quickly! Arrest him already!

Hey, you. Come with us to the police station.

It happened a week ago.

I woke up in the middle of the night because of some loud noise.

At first I couldn't understand anything, because it was very dark in the room.

But... but I felt there was someone in the room!

I became very afraid.

I turned on the lamp on the nightstand and then saw he was looking...

.. inside my purse!

I tried to scream for help, but he grabbed a knife and tried to stab me!

You recognized me in a frightened state. It was somebody else.

No, it was you, not someone else!

I got Yen 200,000 from by bank account and you took them away!

You even grabbed my precious ring!

And then... then, you even deny it!

Who took my diamond ring if not you?

Who are you?

- I'll tell you, but not now. - What?!

I want to speak to Chief Yamura from Criminal Investigation.

You have asked for Chief Yamura?

Thank you for coming.

Here's the one who wants to talk to you. He won't say anything, except to you.

Does he know you?

- D'you have a file? - Yes.

- Aren't you telling me anything? - Give me all you've got.

A woman, by the name of Mizusawa Kaiko, living in Tokyo,

tells that that on October 3rd, at 2 o'clock in the night,

she was robbed in her apartment.

Money was taken.

- Anything else? - A diamond ring. Here's the report.

All right...

Where were you on October 3rd, at 2 o'clock in the night?

What, you don't believe me?

I believe no one.

So, where were you?

On October 3rd, at 2 o'clock in the night,

I was sleeping, of course.

Where were you sleeping? Specify.

At home.

I have no witnesses.

I live alone.

Well...

Then you don't seem to have an alibi...

All right.

Get up!

Come in, come in.

You, Terada Toshiaki, told us that you are the victim of a robbery.

On October 3rd, at 1 A.M. while walking back home,

you stumbled upon a man in the street who took your camera.

- Is that right? - Yes. That is correct.

Try recognize the robber among the other people.

Is he in this room?

That's him! It's him!

There's no doubt.

I memorized his face well. It's him, it's definitely him.

Thank you, you are free to go.

Now, can I ask you who he is?

Keep him here for the night.

The Chief is hiding something...

Hey! Tell me who the hell you are!

It's him!

It's that man!

Two people identified the wrong person.

Is there someone who looks just like me?

How can that be?

How can two people be mistaken?

How can this be? Why?

Come out, no. 7!

It seems everything's solved...

What have you done, Morioka?

It's a completely unprecedented happening!

You're a prosecutor, after all!

General prosecutor...

What have I done then?

What you have done, is only a suspicion.

A prosecutor committing a robbery would be a big scandal in the press.

This would damage the whole prosecutor comity.

But, what's that got to do with me?

You are a suspect in a robbery and you can't prove your innocence.

Your desk has been searched through.

- And have you found anything? - No.

I gave out a search warrant for your apartment.

- You will come with us. - I hope my innocence will be proven there.

Only if we find nothing,

but that will not close this case.

Mizusawa and Terada are investigating...

.. so we can find who you really are.

This is the end of this discussion.

Please, put on your shoes.

Take his handcuffs off. I'm taking responsibility.

I make my own calls.

All right.

Then I'm asking you,

because I don't like a prosecutor in handcuffs.

- Canon EF camera. - What number?

It's 110926.

It's the same. It's the same camera.

What are you saying?

I don't know where it came from, but it wasn't here yesterday!

- Hosoi. - Yes.

- The ring, the money. - Yes.

Please believe me, General Prosecutor, this is all a set-up!

Someone else brought the camera here.

General Prosecutor!

"Platinum ring, with a 0.05 carat diamond."

The ring is engraved with Mizusawa Keiko's name.

Come here!

Check the serial numbers.

It's a set-up. It's a set-up.

Morioka- kun... how did this happen?

Why did you do such a stupid thing?

- General Prosecutor... - Enough!

It's all clear to me.

I have to report everything to the Ministry of Justice.

They will decide what to do with you.

What's the matter?

I need to go to the toilet.

He had a razor there.

I won't kill myself.

Stay here.

Morioka, open the door, open the door!

Open the door!

Morioka Fuyuto is only a suspect.

For now, he is not charged with anything.

But, running from the law...

.. is an offence.

So, according to section 99 of the Penal Code,

Morioka Fuyuta can no longer be...

.. a prosecutor of our Tokyo bureau.

I don't remember a case where you brought the suspect to their apartment search.

And how come nobody knew who he was in the office he was first brought in?

- Is it that secret or what? - Were you trying a cover up?

No, I deny doing such a thing.

But someone's to blame for the suspect's escape!

Did you give him too much leeway? He wasn't an ordinary suspect, was he?

It's only normal for recriminations to be voiced after such an event.

We, on our side, will do our best to capture former prosecutor Morioka,

as soon as possible.

And his case will be handled with great care.

- Are you the caretaker of this house? - Who are you?

I'm the one accused of robbing a woman in this house.

I'm Morioka.

If that's so, come in.

Mizusawa Keiko has moved out today.

Where to?

You know, police come here every 30 minutes.

Hey! Better in here!

Coming!

Coming.

It's me. Am I disturbing you?

- Nobody came? - No.

- No news on Mizusawa Keiko? - No.

- Well, thank you. - It's nothing.

Now, I'm your accomplice...

- I'm sorry for the trouble. - Not at all.

I trust you more than I do my tenant.

You were suspicious of her?

What can I say? She moved here October 1st.

Are you sure about the date?

Yes, October 1st.

She didn't get along with the husband. She wanted to live separated for a while.

So she...

.. moved here on October 1st...

And on the 3rd she was robbed. The criminal was caught on the 4th.

And the next day she moves out?

It seems so.

I didn't want the police...

.. and the journalists coming here all the time..

Why should they?

When she was moving out, I happened to see her new address on her luggage.

It said: Noto Peninsula, Makami village.

Makami village...

We have to arrest him as soon as possible.

Or else we'll damage the Prosecutors' Office and National Police's reputation.

I put my hopes in you.

The head of this operation will be inspector of the main office, Yamura.

Yamura- kun.

I'm Yamura.

Morioka took Yen 500,000 from his bank account.

He thinks he has funded himself a fleeing opportunity.