01x04 - Episode 4

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SHINJUKU STATION

Ow! What did you do, you b*tch!

Shut it, old man!

It hurts!

This is Kabukicho in Shinjuku.

The largest entertainment district

in East Asia.

Mayu!

- Welcome back!

- It's good to be back!

Hostess bars, host clubs, girls bars

and other legal entertainment

establishments line the street.

Anybody can live it up safely.

Mayu?

Kabukicho where people

of every ethnicity gather and

languages from all over are spoken.

MAYU

No, not the ambulance!

A-Are you okay?

- Yeah!

- It's so hot! It's burning!

NORTH SHINJUKU POLICE STATION

His passport and his insurance

were both fake.

I thought so.

I used to be rather wild

What? When you say wild

Could it be

Were you part of a love triangle?

With Ryan?

You did Private Ryan?

He was k*lled in action

in a warzone last year.

- Oh

- Don't make fun of that movie.

I do apologize.

I had to do something.

He was hired by the pusher

as an assassin!

Oh, god.

Her level of wild

is like a Tarantino movie.

She said she was leaving the country

as her life was being targeted.

So I told her to go to Japan

and visit a jazz café

called BUG in Shinjuku.

She had quite a detour.

She loves drinking.

God knows who she got it from.

So how is it?

Being in Shinjuku

It's been 42 years, right?

Nothing has changed, and neither have you.

POLICE

- Thanks, coppers!

- Hey!

"Coppers" is not an Okayaman term!

What?

What do you mean "what?"

All of your stories are way too dramatic.

I know.

Like, seriously?

The army, a pusher, and now an assassin.

It's all too American for my liking.

Very much!

Hey, stop it! You're so annoying!

Fuji Kaze is the only Japanese person

allowed to mix English

with the Okayaman dialect!

Do you promise, no more drama?

Oh?

Huh?

- Mom? That's your mom?

- Mom!

This is St. Magokoro Hospital,

located in an obscure part of Kabukicho.

It is also known as

That was so close!

SHINJUKU FIELD HOSPITAL

You should've told us sooner

that she was your mom!

She looked so different.

Oh

Yeah, that makes sense.

Even her daughter didn't recognize her

I mean sure, I was drunk but

Let's continue this chat at a hotel.

- We don't have to do anything.

- No

Am I supposed to offer makura

to gain patients?

Makura?

No, no need to translate!

I prefer how she looks in person.

I heard from Yoko

that she has caused you so much trouble.

Why do you look like a delinquent?

Trying to intimidate her?

I'm Shiraki, in charge of accounting.

She's our financial watchdog

since my father's time.

And my daughter, Hazuki.

- I'm a social worker at this hospital.

- Social worker?

- Didn't you have a pretentious brother?

- Yeah.

How did you know?

I told you, we've known

each other for a long time.

She was a waitress at the jazz café

and she even sang sometimes.

It was over 40 years ago, no?

Hey, they'll know my age!

That's true!

Have a lovely day!

I smell trouble and danger

from that woman,

and she leaves

her troublesome daughter here.

What's wrong, Shirokiya?

Work in Kabukicho for 40 years,

and you can smell these things.

She will definitely bring us trouble,

that ominous woman!

She just came to see how Yoko was doing.

This is Shirokiya!

- I mean, Shiraki! No, Magokoro!

- She's my type.

- Stop it, Dr. Tajima!

- How long is your mom staying?

She has loads of boyfriends.

What do you want to eat, Ritsuko?

- Meat!

- Meat?

- Wow, meat!

- Beef? Pork?

Miss!

Ms. Inui, from child welfare is calling!

Regarding Mayu!

Where's Mayu?

I thought it would be easier without her.

You weren't thinking

of dragging her home, were you?

Don't worry.

One of our staff is looking after her.

- It's torn at the bottom!

- Didn't you have better clothes?

They're my best shorts.

No way! Such bad taste.

Casmine!

Do you want to go to a café with us?

I can't today. Thanks though!

- Okay, see ya!

- Bye!

No champagne towers, okay? Promise?

Don't worry, they don't serve alcohol.

Now, let's take an Instax!

- Let's go!

- Instax?

You'll see what I mean! Now come on!

I don't think I've ever

liked children.

She was an unwanted pregnancy.

Was it a shotgun marriage?

No, I was selling myself.

My generation gathered in Shibuya.

We were egg gyaru

but you probably don't know

what that means.

Women like me are worthless

in the real world so I thought

maybe I can be a mother.

Do you know who the dad is?

There's no point in knowing.

Don't you think?

These cases are quite common.

Mothers who used to sell themselves

have daughters with sugar daddies.

I'm really not good

at this parenting thing.

But I kept at it because the lady at

Childcare Support would tell me off.

You must have some love for her.

Otherwise, you would've abandoned her, no?

I kept going out for drinks

and stuff though.

Went on vacation without her, too.

Since when are you

with your current partner?

Four years ago.

He was a customer

at a hostess bar I worked at.

Moved in together two years ago.

By then, she didn't smile much anymore.

- Moe moe, kyun!

- Kyun!

No need to repeat it, Yoko.

A spell to make it tastier!

- Thank you!

- Cheers to an ordinary day!

What is up with your hands?

I thought I was

still half-asleep at first.

When I first heard him in Mayu's room.

I don't get it!

But I wasn't.

I was annoyed because he went

for someone younger than me.

Annoyed?

That's your daughter you're talking about!

You should have stopped him!

Yes, yes. You think I don't know?

- Did you not tell him to stop?

- Of course, repeatedly!

But then he would hit me.

He said it's his choice

whether he sleeps with me or her.

- Did he really?

- Yes, he did.

And that there's no use

telling the police.

Non-involvement of civil affairs?

That's not the case anymore.

We now have

the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.

It can be a criminal case.

Really?

How would I know?

I have no relatives who can take her.

So, I thought

it'd be easier and more peaceful

if she just ran away.

Why are you still with him?

If you don't break up

it will never change!

What would a woman like me have left

if I broke up with him?

He's not all bad,

he has some good qualities, too.

Stop saying, "women like me".

Is it modesty? Self-deprecation?

Whatever it is, it bothers me!

"Don't call me 'those kids'."

Mayu got angry with me.

Is it because I'm being abused?

Because I slept with my mom's boyfriend?

Because I ran away from home,

overdosed, and shoplifted

What makes me one of "those kids"?

Do you feel sorry for me? Huh?

It's so dumb.

I felt awful.

For "women like me"

to give birth to "those kids"

Adults need to change that mindset.

I think she tried

to change that narrative

your daughter, all by herself.

How do you eat this?

First, have a sip of the soup.

Then you dig out the noodles

and put them on top of the vegetables.

- There it is! The noodle roll!

- Yo!

What's the "yo" for?

It's so good!

- Yeah?

- Tastes amazing!

A man has taken hostage

See ya!

Might be better to stay put for now.

still no progress with the hostage

situation here in Kabukicho

Oh, god.

It's right around the corner,

behind the ramen shop!

People have gathered

Surely they won't send anyone here?

Exactly.

The cases we get

are patients with an earphone

Stuck up their nose.

- Or a p*nis

- Stuck in a bottle.

It happens to the best of us.

We should create a department for it.

Nice idea!

Surgeons, physicians stuck-inicians!

- Seriously

- How indecent!

The Special Investigation Team is in!

We're seeing

some development in the situation.

The investigators are now in the building.

This is Magokoro!

A hostage?

What? I can't hear you!

I-I'm sorry, what's stuck?

As I said, a couple was having sex

in the front seat of a car

when the woman

had convulsions and now they're stuck.

- Car sex? Was it car sex?

- No way.

Why didn't you say so in the first place?

Divert!

- Stand back!

- Look at that

- What?

- In front.

Woah, they said there's been an incident!

- Come on!

- An incident?

Nothing to see here, leave!

- Hey!

- She's a doctor.

- Really?

- Yep.

You sir, did you take ED medicine

even though you have a heart disease?

- Huh?

- Don't try to talk right now.

You did, huh?

- Don't try to talk!

- Well

- Did you?

- Um

H-Here

GORO NUMATA

ST. MAGOKORO HOSPITAL

Dr. Tajima! It's your patient!

- Huh?

- Mr. Numata!

He says he got his ED medicine from you!

- Did you know he had a heart disease?

- If I did, I wouldn't have prescribed it!

What on earth, man!

He can't go to the emergency care center?

Well then

Bring him here!

Seriously This hospital's cursed!

I looked up "p*nis captivus",

and it said it's an urban myth.

I guess this hospital's kind of

an urban myth, so it's to be expected.

Okay

This is Magokoro.

Yes, we saw it on the news.

What?

One of the onlookers fainted?

Things are about to get busy

One, two, three!

W-We're fine.

Please, leave us alone.

If we leave you and you have

a heart attack, you'll die.

It's out!

Let's get you to the ambulance.

- Hey!

- We'll go to the hospital.

Why? We're not stuck anymore!

- Goro!

- We're at the hospital!

p*nis captivus patient!

Oh, it came out?

Can you check this patient first?

- It might be a heart issue.

- No, he's got heart issues too!

The other one had chest

and shoulder aches before she fainted.

Moving in one, two, three!

So cool.

Mr. Numata! This is Tajima,

do you remember me?

Are you his wife?

Yes.

Oh, I'll come and get you

so please sit and wait over there.

Sachiyo Komiyama, 76.

She has a history of heart problems.

She also coughed up blood just now.

It's not a heart attack.

How much blood was it?

About a cup of bright red blood.

Blood pressure 207/109,

pulse 126 bpm,

oxygen saturation, 94 percent.

- What's wrong?

- My wife

Please

- You want your wife here? Call her!

- No!

If my wife finds out, she will k*ll me.

You won't die as long as I'm here!

We're ready for the ultrasound.

Acute aortic dissection.

Blood pressure is down to 80.

A cardiac tamponade

The fluid sac around the heart

fills with tons of blood and

the heart can't pump properly

because of the pressure from the fluid.

The blood pressure drops drastically,

and you could die.

She needs to go to critical care!

Shirokiya!

Within one hour, Shirokiya!

Translate properly!

It's quite late.

You should go to bed.

Can't I watch?

You can but

Their faces are different. Yoko, Toru

Ms. Horii, prepare the arterial line!

- Well, of course.

- I mean, yes!

They're saving lives.

- Can you breathe?

- Oh.

- I'm Numata's wife

- His wife is on her way.

Did you call her?

Excuse me, my name is Numata!

Where is my husband?

The blood pressure is down to 50!

- What?

- They need tracheal intubation!

No, not that one. He's in this room.

And you are?

- I'm his secretary.

- Secretary?

What happened?

You said you had a business trip to Osaka!

- Secretary?

- Yes.

Why are we in Shinjuku?

Have they told you anything?

Uh no.

- You're the secretary?

- Yes.

The blood's clotted.

Not much is coming out.

The blood pressure is 40.

Shinjuku Nishi Critical Care Center

said they could take her!

p*nis Captivus, I heard?

Dad!

They got stuck, right? It's amazing!

In my 50 years of being a doctor,

I've never seen it!

- Where are they?

- Over here.

This way?

- You're not bothered?

- Huh?

Oh, yeah. I didn't even think about it.

I feel fine.

There's no time to freak out.

Blood pressure's gone back up to 80.

Let's get her ready!

Mrs. Numata,

the doctor would like to speak with you

- No, I'm not

- This is his wife.

Huh?

Who are you then?

Didn't you say earlier

that you were his wife?

Why did you lie? I don't understand!

Move!

Director, I hope it all goes well!

Pericardial fenestration

I'm glad it went well.

Ms. Horii!

Shirokiya!

Yokoyama!

- How is he?

- Exacerbation of heart failure.

This is all because

you took that ED medicine.

Tajima!

Mayu!

But I didn't do anything!

Numata!

The adults came to the conclusion

that Mayu was to

keep going to high school

from a child care center.

See you later.

KIRABOSHI CARE CENTER

Hazuki, can you tell Yoko

What is it?

Actually, she'll tease me.

But I guess words are important.

Exactly.

Saying things out loud can make them true.

Becoming a doctor

I know is impossible, but

I want to work at a hospital.

Maybe as a nurse.

It's not impossible.

We'll be waiting for you.

You can do it.

Thank you.

See you!

Hello.

- Hi!

- Hello.

Let's go.

Mr. Okamoto.

SHINJUKU KURITSU KEYAKI PARK

So?

How can you

start a conversation like that?

Did you tell him?

Tell what to who?

Oh, about you? To Toru?

- Not yet.

- When will you tell him?

When? Why do you ask?

I don't know, I need the right timing.

I might not even tell him.

Huh?

So?

Why are you talking like that?

Tell him yourself then!

That you work for a S&M club

and you are booked up for three years.

Why do I have to?

He thinks you guys are dating.

What? Give me a break.

Why would I date such a Monplay?

- Mon-what?

- He's a moneyed pretentious player!

You get it right?

What is up with you? If you have

something to say just spit it out.

Don't tell him yet.

Words are important

I'm off today.

And?

Two shareholder discount coupons

for the 109 Cinemas.

- The 109 Cinemas?

- For the new Marvel movie.

I'd prefer to go

to the Musashino-kan and see

the 4K remastered version of

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

It's at 7 p.m., and here's a dinner coupon

for the Jojoen on the seventh floor.

But why?

Move!

Alright!

- Hmm?

- You're humming.

- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, right?

- Was I?

They're showing it at the cinema

in 4K right now!

You wanna go?

- I have tickets!

- I'm on the night shift tonight.

- Oh, no!

- Yay!

- What time does it start?

- 7 p.m.

- I can go with you.

- I don't want to go with you.

Why not?

It's the one where Takeshi

faces the camera and says

You be Lawrence.

"Merry Christmas!", right?

I refuse to take someone

who gives such lame spoilers.

What's your favorite movie, Dr. Yoko?

The one where Bruce Willis

was dead all along.

Sixth Sense? Wow what a spoiler.

- Merry Christmas!

- Where's Keisuke?

- He went out with Hazuki.

- What?

- My mom as well.

- Your mom?

Your mother's here? What's her name?

Ritsuko Nishi Freeman.

I'm sorry.

I have to apologize to you

before anyone else.

What for?

She's not a sugar baby.

She doesn't look well.

I'm worried.

- Is that Chinese?

- How do you say sugar dating in Chinese?

I don't know,

even my Japanese isn't great.

Depressing

- Well

- Chinese

Are you okay?

She's sweating so much. What's wrong?

My brother messaged me

and said he was telling her everything.

How long have you been

with us, Ms. Shiraki?

- Forty years.

- Huh?

Forty-two years.

This is important. Don't lie.

So you joined our team

after Keisuke married Mizuki?

She was so cheerful and family-orientated.

She really was

- Why are you here?

- Sorry. A patient's just arrived.

What?

Probably in her late teens,

intense stomach ache and nausea.

Gastroenteritis?

- Let's have a look.

- Okay.

It'll be okay.

Mizuki and I struggled to conceive.

And back then,

women didn't have equal rights.

Especially

in the medical world.

It's still the same.

There was a case

where a girl got discriminated

and was rejected for entry

into medical school.

True.

Anyway Um What I'm trying to say is

- You wanted a boy, right?

- Uh

You don't have to feel awkward,

I knew that already.

It was around that time

that I first met Ritsuko.

I wanted to be a singer.

I had just come to Tokyo from Okayama.

Did Mizuki know?

It was quite obvious.

I mean, I'm not blind you know.

Yes, of course, we know that.

I'm not asking about you!

What about Mizuki?

Ms. Shiraki

If I find out about something,

that secret is out.

Did you tell her?

Who do you think I am?

Of course, I did!

You're right, I should've known.

She was so surprised.

Hang on, should I be

listening to this conversation?

- It's a bit too late for that!

- Well I have to leave soon anyway.

- Oh, no!

- Huh?

THE MASTERPIECE FINALLY IN 4K

That irritating government lapdog!

Did you eat something that was off?

I know you're in pain,

but you have to tell us something

or there's nothing we can

Be quiet!

What?

Oh wow! She has two hearts!

What?

- Give it to me.

- Huh?

Have a listen, I'm telling the truth.

You're so dumb.

She's in labor!

What?

When we conceived you,

I was incredibly happy.

I went to pray at a shrine every day

for your safe arrival.

However

My dad was cool-headed.

Check the sex of the baby first.

Awful, isn't it?

It was his first grandchild,

but all he was thinking

was about the heir.

And? What was the sex of the baby?

A girl, of course!

Well yeah, it's Hazuki.

Which is why when

I realized I was pregnant,

I didn't tell your dad right away.

I noticed it before Keisuke did,

because I'm not blind!

You told him too?

You have such a loose tongue!

He got his mistress pregnant.

We could've made her abort the child

but since we knew

the other child was a girl,

our family was in serious need of an heir.

What a twist,

it's just like a taiga drama!

I was so disappointed!

Magokoro means sincerity, yet

all he cared for

was his hospital and his name!

You're blabbing didn't do any good either.

Our dad called on Keisuke and told him

If it's a boy, we'll acknowledge

the child and take him in.

I was stupid enough

to tell Ritsuko

what he said word for word.

I couldn't bear the thought of it.

I refused to give my child away.

So I fled to the US by myself.

I'm so sorry, Ricchan.

Oh god, I can see the head!

What's Shirokiya doing?

Don't panic. Stay calm.

Ms. Horii is a certified midwife.

Forceps and scissors!

We also need bath towels

and a basket, right now!

Here?

- You bring the basket? Towel?

- I bring the basket? Towel?

Towels! Basket!

Okay, girlie. Try to relax your body.

We're doing this together.

And breathe in!

- Strawberry?

- No, tomato!

Hey, you guys!

- You're friends with her, right?

- Yeah Casmine, we're really close!

Can you tell me everything you know

about her, like her name, her age?

Well She

Loves green apple Hi-Chew

and strawberry milk

She likes Hi-Chew?

- She hates red bean rice.

- Hates red bean

Her favorite underground idol

is a bit nuts!

- Yes!

- Her idol is nuts?

Who cares!

I said everything but those are trivial!

- It's not trivial!

- This is depressing!

What's going on?

This! This is happening!

- Huh?

- No way!

Ms. Horii is stepping up to the plate!

It was August

when you were born.

That same year in December,

I was taken to a hospital in New Orleans.

- The baby was

- I've heard enough.

Push!

- Is it the cl*max?

- It's been this way for a while!

Push!

You can do this!

We're almost there! Come on!

- Push!

- Okay, breathe!

Now push!

It was a girl.

That baby

Yoko is mine.

You did it!

Look!

Look, it's a girl!

- It's out!

- Casmine!

Congratulations!

- You're too loud.

- I can't see anything!

I wanna see!

I can't see

- Oh, no

- Casmine!

I am so sorry.

The sense of responsibility

and pressure that I felt

as the eldest son got to me.

And I thought you might be able

to save me from it.

I hurt you

and abandoned you.

You and the baby.

Please forgive me.

Dr. Freeman

He treated Yoko like his own daughter

despite having different skin colors.

Yoko admired him so much

that she aspired to be a doctor.

She never knew

that her real dad was a doctor, too.

It makes sense now.

This is why

I had a hard time accepting her.

Right from the beginning.

It was instinct.

You knew, right?

Same surname and the same dialect.

You hired her because you knew!

Even without a license!

Hazuki

I knew you cheated on Mom a lot.

I saw you two argue because of it.

An illegitimate child isn't surprising.

But a doctor?

Of all things?

She had to be a doctor?

I couldn't believe it, either.

Will she be the heir?

Yoko The hospital.

Do what you want! I don't care.

But know this!

You have no idea how I've felt

working at your hospital all this time!

Excuse me.

Are you okay?

No, I'm not.

But

she has been suffering

for such a long time.

See you later.

The girl's name is Kasumi.

Only 16 years old.

She came to Kabukicho about a month ago.

Do you know who the dad is?

I guess you don't

if you were sugar dating.

I wasn't!

Not once after I started high school.

It's my boyfriend's.

But I don't think he thinks

of me as his girlfriend.

He's a senior from my neighborhood

and I liked him so much

that I was scared he would dump me.

So I still haven't told him.

You were going to give birth by yourself?

I looked it up online.

Worst case, I was going to give birth

in a toilet and leave her at a baby hatch.

There isn't one in Tokyo, actually.

Really?

There's only one in Kumamoto

and one in Hokkaido.

You should've checked properly.

But

as soon as I saw the baby

I know it's selfish

but I wanted to keep her.

That's how I feel.

- She's so tiny.

- She's so cute.

Let's get her something.

Being a parent is not easy, you know.

Do you think you're ready?

Yes.

If you are having a hard time,

you need to ask people for help.

Don't take it all on yourself.

You went through so much pain

to give birth to her.

- You should be her mother.

- I disagree.

What are you thinking? You're an idiot!

It was your fault you got pregnant,

and gave birth,

you could just dump her

but she's too cute?

You idiot! Think!

- Stop it!

- What's up with you, Hazuki?

A stupid girl like you

can never be a mother.

You have no right to be!

You'll be busy dating

and neglect the baby.

Creating more work for us.

This is Kabukicho in Shinjuku.

Everyone can feel safe here,

in the biggest entertainment

district in East Asia.

Children born into this world unwanted

suffer their whole life from that pain!

Don't forget that.

SHINJUKU GOLDEN GAI

- Where are you, Mayu?

- You, me and that b*stard, we're all sick!

Cardiac arrest!

He's an unidentified homeless man.

You're a doctor so you must understand

who should be the priority.

Then bring the ECMO back!

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