Kurokouchi (クロコーチ)

This drama is based on a hypothesis.

45 years ago,

December 10, 1968 Fuchu City, Tokyo

on December 10, 1968,

a man disguised as a police officer

carried out a heist that would leave a mark

in the crime history of the Showa era.

This is Nihon Shintaku Bank's car, right?

We got an emergency call from the Sugamo Police Station,

alerting us that the branch manager's residence was blown up by dynamite.

We were warned that dynamite has also been planted in this vehicle.

Please allow me to check inside the car.

We didn't find anything when we checked the interior yesterday.

I'll check to see if there's anything on the exterior.

I found it! It's dangerous.

Get away from the car before it explodes!

Who is good, and who is evil.

we would soon find out that

we, ourselves, had to make that judgment individually.

Hey, you. The 300 million yen!

To this day, the 300-million yen robbery remains unsolved.

October 8, 2013 Yokohama

Kanagawa Prefectural Assemblyman

GODA BUNGO

Where is she?

B-back room.

You sure did a number on her.

So what's the reason?

She cheat on you or somethin'?

Did you guys do it before you killed her? Where's the rubber?

I didn't use it.

That ain't good.

They can track you down through DNA analysis.

Do something, please! Help me!

Now, now, now...

By the way...

is this the first time you killed someone?

Anyway, just leave the rest to me.

Where's the cash?

You must keep at least 5 million or so at your mistress' pad too, huh?

Slush fund.

W-what...

After making me do all this?

You weren't expecting me to do it for free, were you?

From the condition of livor mortis and rigor mortis,

she's been dead 6 to 10 hours.

Which makes the estimated time of death

between 10:00 pm and 2:00 am last night.

Kanagawa Prefectural Police

First Investigation Division Chief

USHII TAKESHI

Thank you.

- But what brings the Chief, himself, to the scene today? - Just some business.

- Today there's an important person... - Excuse me.

Is this the scene of the murder?

Step away. Please step away.

You're Seike-san, right?

Are you... First Investigation Division Chief Ushii?

Yes.

It's okay, let her in.

This is Seike-san, the assistant inspector

Kanagawa Prefectural Police

First Investigation Division

SEIKE MASHIRO

who's been assigned to us from the National Police Agency.

I beg your pardon!

A murder scene right off the bat must be tough for a lady. Come on in.

She was beaten to death.

Seeing that the room was ransacked,

there's a good possibility that the crime was committed by a robber.

However, the victim was apparently killed immediately after having sexual intercourse.

Sexual intercourse?

Uh...who was she doing it with?

"Doing it with"...?

She was probably raped by the robber.

Robbery-murder.

Robbery, murder by beating...

I don't think you can presume that.

There are 96 cases of murder, including robbery-murder, that occurred within the prefecture in the past 10 years.

Of those, 23 victims were raped.

One of those victims was beaten to death, however,

the murderer is currently serving time in prison.

Consequently, I don't think we can rule out the possibility that

the crime was motivated by other factors such as grudge, passion, or money trouble.

I'm sorry. I only have the past 10 years' investigation data committed to memory.

I will memorize the older cases in the future.

Not a problem at all. What you've memorized so far will be of great help to us.

Right?

- Chief. - Oh, Shima-kun.

This is Assistant Inspector Seike.

Assistant Inspector?

I'm Shima.

I'm Seike Mashiro.

So who's the victim?

Akamatsu Rina, 22.

She was a hostess at Gloria in Sakuragicho.

Gloria?

Gloria is an exclusive club

frequented by politicians and higher-ups.

Politicians...

And this was found on the floor.

- Goda Bungo! - Oh, boy.

Goda Bungo? Are you serious?

He's the ruling party member and representative of the Prefectural Assembly.

This is gonna be a major pain in the rear.

Mr. Goda's the closest man to the Prefectural Governor.

Prefectural Governor...

We're done here. You can go in now.

Thank you.

Did something happen in here?

Excuse me, but are you a resident here?

No, but I have some business with the gal who lives here.

'Scuse me.

I'm sorry, but only authorized personnel are allowed.

I said 'scuse me.

I'm...the person you see here.

Prefectural Police Second Investigation Division.

The division that investigates election violations and white collar crimes.

Cor~rect!

So where's Rina-chan?

Excuse us. Coming through.

That's her.

She was murdered last night.

Acchapaa~!

Is that right...

Rina-chan's dead, huh?

If Assemblyman Goda is, in fact, involved...

Governor Sawatari could possibly come into the picture.

A robbery, huh?

Kurokouchi-kun.

We don't know that for sure yet.

- What about fingerprints? - Crime lab's checking them out.

Oh.

Besides, murder isn't under Second Division.

Hey!

Hey, hey, hey. I sure hope the safe is okay.

What's this safe he's talking about?

Oh, look where I found the safe.

Kurokouchi-kun, how did you know there was a safe here?

Isn't this unlocked?

It's unlocked.

Accha~!

The suspect took off with the dough...

There must've been at least 5 million!

Do you mind telling us what this is about?

It's what's commonly referred to as politician's slush fund.

After all, Rina-chan was Goda Sensei's mistress, you know.

So you came looking for that money.

Yes, that's cor~rect.

Anyway, there's no doubt now that a robber did this.

Right?

Excuse me, but

isn't it also possible that this politician called Goda-san committed the crime?

Well, actually, last night...was that around midnight?

I barged in here and was shaking up Goda Sensei about the money.

Was Mr. Goda here at that time?

He sure was. I bet he was doing it with Rina-chan.

Which means...

But when I took Goda Sensei out,

Rina-chan was still alive and well.

After that, I was with Goda Sensei until morning...

That makes it impossible for him to commit the crime.

Oh, did I just give Goda Sensei an alibi?

Then who

killed Rina-chan, huh?

We will now begin the autopsy.

Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters Scientific Crime Laboratory

Let's see...

whose DNA are we going to find?

Researcher

SAWA MACHIKO

For the investigation conference,

Kanagawa Prefectural Police Shinkou Police Station

Sakuragicho Hostess Murder Case Investigation Headquarters

being that a politician is involved,

we decided to enlist the cooperation of the Second Division.

We're quite busy right now with the gubernatorial election and all...

Chief. One person's dead, you know.

Now then...

The victim, Akamatsu Rina-san, was beaten repeatedly with bare hands, and

it's been determined that she died of hemorrhagic shock due to organ injuries.

The room was turned inside out and

the content of the hidden safe was missing.

Also, from our preliminary investigation,

we found out that last night's data from the condo's surveillance camera

had been erased by someone.

Next, crime lab.

Kanagawa Prefectural Police Deputy Chief

GOTO KANAME

Hardly any fingerprints were left at the scene.

However, we found two footprints believed to be left by men.

Incidentally, these footprints...

I'll take it from here.

From the testimony by Second Division's Detective Kurokouchi

who met with Mr. Goda last night,

we believe one of those footprints belongs to Mr. Goda,

and the other, to Kurokouchi-kun, himself.

Unfortunately, they won't provide any leads.

In addition, the victim was killed immediately after sexual intercourse.

The DNA is currently being analyzed.