01x07 - Sometimes They Disappear

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♪ Kiss me ♪

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[PANICKED BREATHING]

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Hai.

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Hai. _

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[SIGHS]

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Gomen nasai.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Hai.

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[IN ENGLISH] What do you think?

There's a service entrance here,

bartenders and stuff.

- Mm-hmm.
- I'm thinking cozy.

- Uh-huh.
- Like a living room.

Like, flowers everywhere, low booths.

I've already bought all the liquor.

How can you afford all this?

What do you mean? I save.

I've been saving for, like,
two f*cking years.

The builders say
it'll be ready in a few months.

So it's happening, huh?

Yeah, it's happening.

But I need to make a profit,
like, right away.

So... I know I can with the right team.

Sam, you know how much I make at Onyx.

Plus Duke kind of leaves me alone, so...

But you know that whatever we're making,

Duke's making a sh*t ton more.

And the sleazy owners.
I won't be a sleazy owner.

How's this?

I'll raise your weekly salary.

Plus % of commissions and upsells.

Come on!

This'll be ours. I can't do this alone.

Look, Sam, I'm... I'm sorry. Really.

But a new business... Too much risk.

Too much... Luna, wait.

Look, Sam, if you want to be
a mama-san, just be a mama-san.

- What is your problem?
- I am not judging.

- It's just...
- You're judging.

How does your boyfriend
fit into all this, huh?

Isn't he Chihara-kai?

You think he won't expect his cut

or take over completely?

No, we keep our work
and personal life separate.

Come on, Sam.

You must know by now that's impossible.

By now? Am I missing something?

Okay, it's none of my business.

I'll see you tonight.

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[SPEAKING JAPANESE] _

[WHISPERING] Pol, where are you?

Are you okay? We miss you.

We're feeling your absence tonight.

Can you get your hot Slavic ass
down here now?

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[SPEAKING JAPANESE] _

[SPEAKING JAPANESE]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

What's new with the club?

Nothing.

What did Luna say?

Huh? What do you mean?

You said you'd offer her a job.

Oh. Yeah.

She said she'll think about it.
We'll see.

- You okay?
- Mm-hmm.

Pol hasn't answered her phone all day.

She didn't show up to work.
I called Miralina

and they said that they haven't seen her

since last week.

Maybe she wants to be alone.

Why?

Sometimes people need time to think.

Mm, I don't know. It's not like her.

How's work?

Same.

[TENSE MUSIC]

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[MEAT SIZZLING]

[MOANING]

[PHONE RINGING]

[SPEAKING JAPANESE] Shh.

Hello?

Jake, it's getting harder and harder

to get a hold of you.

Where are you?

I'm out with a source right now.

Okay, listen, have you heard
anything about Tozawa

being formally charged?

What? No.

Something about Katagiri
having new evidence.

Evidence? What evidence?

I don't know. I'll ask around.

Listen, you know the suspect
who was brought in yesterday

on the Kaori Shoda m*rder?

- Yes.
- I need you to go out

to confirm the information
about the case.

I think there's a bigger story here

connecting this case

to the others I've been tracking.

Okay, I'm on it.

Okay.

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[UPBEAT MUSIC]

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Josh?

Josh Adelstein, is that you?

Dave Fisch from Rockbridge.

Dude, come here, come here, come here.

Oh, man.

Whoa, you look different, man.

What are you doing here?

Seeing the sights. Taking in Japan.

What are you doing here?

I work here.

No sh*t? Doing what?

For a Japanese newspaper.

Holy sh*t. Seriously?

- That's amazing.
- I don't know.

Are you okay? You look a little...

No, I just can't figure out

if I'm having
a bad blowfish hallucination

or if you're actually
standing in front of me.

Maybe this will clear the cobwebs.

♪ Anything you can do, I can do better ♪

♪ I can do anything better than you ♪

- ♪ No, you can't. No, you can't ♪
- ♪ Yes, I can. Yes, I can ♪

♪ No, you can't no, you can't ♪

♪ Yes, I can yes, I can ♪

Junior year, right?

- Yeah, I was there.
- Right? Oh, my God.

You are still the best
Frank Butler I've ever seen.

I gotta go. I gotta get to work.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally.
Wait, hold on.

Let me get you my number.

Call me tonight.
My hotel has a great bar.

Okay. I might be busy working, okay?

Cool, cool. Got it, got it, got it.

- But it was great to see you.
- Great to see you, man.

Go Bruins!

[SPEAKING JAPANESE]

Whoa, I know Kung-fu.

[LAUGHTER]

Oi!

Hai.

[ALL LAUGHING AND JEERING]

So you really haven't seen
her since Friday morning?

Yeah. I caught her trying
to pack my Pradas for a trip.

- A trip?
- Yeah.

She was going away, right?

Going away? With... with who? Where?

Look, aren't you guys, like,
best mates or something?

- Shouldn't you know?
- You live with her.

Barely.

I just stop by long enough
to pack up some clothes,

'cause my guy's a pilot, so...

- Awesome.
- She's left all her stuff.

She'll be coming back.

[SPEAKING JAPANESE] _

[CHEERING]

Where's Pol?

- Who are we talking about?
- Polina.

[LAUGHTER]

Where the f*ck is she?

You think I can keep track

of every girl in love with me?

Well, I'm worried. I haven't seen her

in four days, and you should be worried.

Who's gonna pay
for your sh*t designer clothes?

[CHEERING]

[MOCKING CHATTER]

Police said that she filed
three complaints against her boyfriend.

All of them were filed,
none of them were followed up,

and then he m*rder*d her.

I see.

Put that together with the other women,
that paints a really nasty picture.

Yes, each case I look into
fits a pattern.

The police ignore warning signs

and young women are getting k*lled.

This is front-page stuff.
Can you make deadline?

I think so.

Hey, have you heard anything
else about the Tozawa thing?

Honestly, Jake,
it's not a priority right now.

- I have to go.
- We just have to figure out

if he got charged...

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[SPEAKING JAPANESE]

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[CLEARS THROAT]

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[CHUCKLES]

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[SINGING IN JAPANESE]

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[MURMURED GREETINGS]


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[LAUGHTER]

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[SINGING IN JAPANESE]

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[BOTH LAUGHING]

Mr. Marvin.

Right, right, right, right, right.

He dropped some serious knowledge on us.

There are things that he taught me
that I still use at my job today.

- Long time ago.
- We're getting old, man.

[CHUCKLES] Yeah.

Why'd you come to Japan?

Thought I'd take a year off
before grad school at Mizzou.

You know, get some life experience.

And this place has blown my mind, man.

Yeah, I mean, Tokyo, right? It's like...

- Not Missouri.
- Not Missouri. Exactly.

And thank f*ck for that.

Thank f*ck for that.

So how's your family?

I think they're good.
You know, I don't really have

much time to check in these days.

- I'm busy with work, but...
- Yeah.

I heard that, like, your sister was

in the middle of some,
like, heavy treatments, right?

Who did you hear that from?

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I just... I mean, it's Columbia,

so people talk, right?

People should keep their
f*cking mouths shut

about sh*t they don't know about.

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Sorry. Jessica's fine.

And we're keeping in touch

and she's... she's better now.
She's healthy, so...

Good. I'm glad to hear it.

♪ Saturday night and the moon is out ♪

♪ I'm gonna head on over
to the twist and shout ♪

♪ Find a two-step partner
and a Cajun b*at ♪

♪ When it lifts me up,
I'm gonna find my feet ♪

Want to get out of here?

Want to see the coolest place in Tokyo?

Yeah.

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Not bad, right?

Muy bueno, my man. Muy f*cking bueno.

You want to grab that booth over there?

I'll get a couple drinks.
I'll meet you on the dance floor.

Okay.

[SPEAKING JAPANESE] _

No bodyguard?

Do I need one?

I figured you were followed
everywhere you went.

I'll see you on the dance floor.

♪ Thought I was going mad in a hurry ♪

♪ Getting' stressed, makin'
excess mess in darkness ♪

♪ No electricity ♪

♪ Something's all over me,
greasy, insomnia ♪

Cheers.

Ne, ne, ne.

Hey.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Oi!

Baby, let him talk.

You f*cking piece of sh*t.

Who got her in that debt, huh?
It was you.

- Hey.
- m*therf*cker.

No. No.

Do you want to find out
what she knows or not?

f*ck.

Oi.

She's in Yoshino.

Where the hell is Yoshino?

Half a day from here in the west.

- When's she back?
- Soon.

Well, baby, go back and ask when soon.

Why are you running away from me?

Do you know whose men are
in there right now?

Tozawa's.

You know how much trouble I could get in

- for stirring things up?
- Baby, I am worried.

Don't treat me like a client.

I'm not.

You can barely look me in the eye now.

But when you need something,
I am your baby.

What are you talking about?

You know exactly what I'm talking about.

Nothing has been the same
since that night.

You pull away when I reach for you.

- No, I don't.
- Don't lie.

I'm not lying.

This isn't about us.
She's my best friend.

There is no us.

I am Yakuza.

Everything I do has consequences.

Well, now this is f*cking interesting.

Now you are making this about us.

So when you b*at the sh*t out of people

for your boss, that's okay.

That's... that's fine. That's work.

But when I need something,
when I need help,

when it's for me, there's consequences.

f*ck you. I thought you were different.

You're not different. You're a thug.

And what are you? Eh?

Hiring girls to cheat
lonely men out of their salary?

What do you call that? A pimp?

f*ck you.

I'm not forcing anyone to do anything.

And no one forced Polina.

[CLEARS THROAT]

This is a dangerous world.

People get hurt.

Sometimes they disappear.

Maybe it's not for you.

[ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC]

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This place is awesome, dude.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

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[SINGING IN JAPANESE]

[SPEAKING JAPANESE]

Ah.

[GROANS QUIETLY]

[PANTING]

[AUDIO DISTORTING]

[GUESTS EXCLAIMING]

Misaki...
[GROANS]

[CHOKING]

What were you doing before, though?

I was a model for a while.

I bet you were real good.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Is that how you two met?
When you were modeling?

You really think I'm going to talk

with you about him?

I'm just asking about your life.

I'm interested in you.
I want to know about you.

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Let's just say he came along at a time

when modeling was becoming
less interesting to me.

Fair enough.

Do you love him?

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Hey, man, what's going on?

Whoa, hey, get
your f*cking hands off her.

Dave... Dave, don't...

Onegaishimasu.

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sh*t... ah, sh*t, are you all right?

- Yeah, man, I'm fine.
- f*ck.

Come on. Let's get out of here?

Yeah.

The second to last f*cking page.

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You spelled it out beautifully.

And that story would have
opened a lot of eyes

if they hadn't f*cking buried it.

I'm glad you think so. Maybe next time.

I don't know how you do it.

'Cause I'm starting to not see

the f*cking point
of any of this anymore.

Jake, I do it despite the indifference

because somebody has to tell the truth.

Someone has to build a wall
of information brick by brick,

story by story,

until the facts cannot be ignored.

And then things have to change.

- Don't they?
- I don't know.

[GASPS]

[LAUGHS]

I need your help.

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