01x02 - Development Assistance Thwarted by t*rrorists

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INTERNATIONAL REMAINS REPATRIATOR:
DELIVERS THE DECEASED BACK TO FAMILIES

You're going to do it? No way...

Don't. Don't do it.

Hello?

Oh, Masao. How are you?

Terrorism?

What?

TOKYO AIRPORT OFFICE MEETING ROOM

We would like to express our gratitude to
the representatives of many countries...

About 18 hours ago,

there was a mass sh**ting
at a hotel in Mubadal in central Africa.

Six of the ten Japanese nationals
there for development aid were k*lled.

How was the engagement ceremony?

I had to laugh when
my father started to cry.

Did he now?

And your fiancé?

He said we should both work our hardest.

A charter plane will take
the families to Mubadal tomorrow at 13:00.

They will return after identifying
the six bodies and four still alive.

You can go home for a while, you know.
There's still a lot to be done here.

I'll be fine. We've talked this over.

Your wife will want you with her
when the baby is born.

Take it from an old man
who's made lots of mistakes.

Thank you for your concern.

But I've only just arrived,
and I've made up my mind.

Is what that old man said
still bothering you?

In addition,

Angel Hearse will transport
the corpses and look after the families.

- Ms. Izawa?
- Thank you.

I have one request.

No doubt it will be chaotic
when we get there,

but please be respectful
to the deceased and their families.

They are not corpses.
They are the deceased.

That's all.

I need one more in Mubadal.

One more?

Foreign Affairs is unreliable,
so I got them to let me bring another.

Shall I go then?

And who will do things here then?

That's true...

I'll bring this little kitty here. Meow.

Me? But it was terrorism...

Everyone be ready for when they arrive.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs
and some bigwigs will be offering flowers.

I've never done anything like this before.

The media will come, right?

And transport to six locations too.

No sleep for us for the next three days.

Let's do this.

- All right.
- Yeah.

Dear Mother.

There's almost a festive mood here.

It may seem disrespectful,

but this is
international remains repatriation.

HANEDA AIRPORT VIP LOUNGE

- Um, excuse me?
- Yes?

Will it be possible
to see my son's residence while there?

I've relayed your request. I believe
we will be able to visit at some point.

- All right.
- Please have a seat and wait.

Are you all right?

We'll be boarding soon.

I'm very sorry for all the trouble.

Umm... can I see Aya
as soon as we get there?

We need to check
the state of affairs first,

but I believe you can see her
once we're ready.

What sort of state is Aya in?

Well...

I'm sorry, we need to check...

You said the same thing to me just now.
Get it together!

I'm sorry...

I'm sorry.

Do you want a drink?

I'm sorry for all this trouble
when my husband was the oldest one there.

I don't know what I should even say.

What sort of man was your husband?

Whenever he came home,

he'd always ask me to make rice ba*ls,
but he'd fall asleep before eating them.

That sort of man.

I'm home.

Welcome back.

It was really rough this time.

Here you go.

Hey, Kanako.

Hm?

Once the next project gets rolling,

I'll retire and
leave it to the young folk.

Then the two of us can relax
and maybe go to a hot spring.

He made a bucket list of things
there was no way we'd ever get to do.

Um...

Please, take these.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Our daughter was only
a little older than you.

Everyone thought
she was so cute as a child.

Our pride and joy...

This is a picture
from her engagement party.

I gave her the veil I wore as a bride.

She's beautiful.

It was her first job abroad,
so she was a bit nervous.

That's why she wanted the party.

If only...

I had stopped her.

Absolutely not.
A sketchy place like that? Right, dear?

Um...

We'll do our absolute best to make sure

that you can meet
with your daughter again.

Thank you.

My son's wife is pregnant.

Look at what he wrote me.

"I don't feel like a father yet,
but when I look at you,

I think that
I just need to be kinda like you."

What's with the "kinda"?

That idiot.

Dying before your child is born...

VICTIM'S FAMILIES HEAD TO MUBADAL

Don't read it.

You need to focus only on the baby.

It hurts.

What a place...

Rough job, trying to bring
infrastructure to a place like this.

Oh, Masao.

Nami. It's been a while.

Masao, why didn't you come to the airport?

I'm sorry, we've had
some issues identifying the deceased.

They're not ready
for the families to see them yet.

- Can you help me out?
- Sure.

Minori, find some food for the families.

- Okay.
- Rinko, you're with me.

Yes.

How many died in all?

Thirty-two. Thirteen from Asia,
including the six Japanese nationals.

- Who else?
- German, American, and some French too.

It's clearly indiscriminate terrorism
targeting foreign nationals.

This way.

This is Genji Matsuki.

Koichiro Tadokoro.

Where's Mr. Tadokoro's left arm?

We're still looking.

You'd better find it. Confirm using DNA.

Yes, ma'am.

Aya Kamakura.

Her condition is the worst. It may be
hard on her family to see her like this.

Yeah...

Use DNA to identify her.

I'll do so now.

Aya.

It must have hurt.

I'll fix you right up
when we get back to Japan.

Okay?

Think about how the families feel.

We're bringing them back home
without a single finger missing.

It's all right, Mrs. Tadokoro.

Breathe in deep.

Have you contacted your husband?

Put yourself in our shoes.
How would you feel?

I'm very sorry.

I've got this. Excuse me.

Hurry it up.

Can we see them now?

We're running DNA identification on
some of the deceased. Please be patient.

DNA identification?

We can go home today, right?

What about Aya? What's going on with her?

You said I could see her soon.

I'm sorry...

Please. Let me see her. I'm begging you.

I'm sorry...

My deepest apologies.

We're making arrangements to allow you
to return home with the deceased.

Please be patient just a little longer.

- How long must we wait?
- This is taking forever.

Excuse me, everyone.

Please wait a little while, and we will
visit the deceased's residences.

No one will trust you
if you cry before the bereaved do.

Everyone's angry and they have no outlet.

It's our job
to let them vent their rage on us.

Understand?

Yes...

Take a break.

The veil I gave her.

The one I wore...

After she said it was old-fashioned too...

That's so like her.

Going to work abroad...

I should have forced her not to go.

I'm sorry...

Aya, I'm sorry. Sorry...

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"A local yelled at me today."

"It was depressing."

Evictions haven't finished yet.

A local company is handling them,
so it's not going very smoothly.

Hey, you!

Get outta here! Go back to Japan! Go back!

Don't ruin our land!

Do you think you can come here
and do anything you want?

Go back!

No, no, sir.

We want to make your country
a better place to live.

Liar! Mind your own business.

You're going back soon anyway, right?

Go back! Back to Japan!

- Please calm down.
- No, liar!

We don't lie.

Did he do something bad?

Didn't he come here to do good?

His work...

was supposed to be
for the good of this country.

Then why?

We can let you in
one at a time to see the deceased.

Unfortunately, we do not have
much time remaining here,

so please let the next family in
when you have identified your loved one.

Mrs. Matsuki, please enter.

Excuse me then.

Go ahead.

Please watch your step.

Are you all done?

Everyone else is waiting.

Let's have a seat.

Koichiro.

You can't hold your baby like this...

I don't think they should see her.

I agree.

I'll tell them.

Mr. and Mrs. Kamakura,
I'm sorry to tell you,

but your daughter
is in very bad condition.

We've run her DNA,
so you don't need to identify her.

My deepest apologies.

I'm very sorry.

What do you mean?

You mean I can't see my daughter?
What happened to her?

My deepest apologies. I'm very sorry.

I promise you that you will see her
once we return to Japan.

Can you please be patient
for a short while longer?

I deeply apologize.

We're very sorry.

Saori.

What's going on?

Saori.

Aya...

- Hello?
- How's this for the flower ceremony?

Looks good.

We've spoken with the ministry as well.

Did you get hearses?

Yes, I requested six identical vehicles.

Okay. What about the white sheets?

Crap, I forgot.

Idiot. What are you doing?

Sorry. I'll get them now.

Shusuke?

- Shusuke, can you hear me?
- Yes.

Aya Kamakura's body
is in particularly awful condition.

Tell me more.

The left side of her skull
has been badly smashed in...

You know...

When he started to approach retirement,

I secretly prepared divorce papers.

Really?

But you know,

I think he realized because
he didn't try to retire completely.

And I started not to care anymore.

So...

when I see he wrote this list...

We don't have any children,
so now I really am all alone.

Well...

I'm used to being alone though,
so it's fine.

My son's wife is in the hospital.

She's a week early too.

You must be worried.

I want to cremate him
as soon as we get home.

I can't... let his wife
and child see him like that...

This watch...

My son won it for
his paper on city development.

He gave it to me.

He...

He was so happy to be doing this job...

And yet...

Who should I blame?

Who should I be angry at?

Mr. Tadokoro...

When we get back to Japan,

we'll do our utmost
to make sure you can give your son...

- Don't talk to me. Go away!
- We'll be fine.

Excuse me.

You said that I could see Aya.

I'm terribly sorry.

Why? Why was it just her?

That's enough. Stop it.

It's your fault.

You let Aya go.

You k*lled Aya. You k*lled her.

This is my fault. I'm so very sorry.

No...

It's my fault.

Absolutely not. A sketchy place like that?

Right, dear?

If you're against it, then I won't go.

If that's really what you want to do,

then go.

Thanks.

I'm from Angel Hearse.
Are you Aya Kamakura's fiancé?

Umm...

Can we put this on her?

She didn't want to lose it over there,
so I held onto it for her.

I'll check with my superiors.

There's still eight hours until they land.

I'm okay.

All I can do is wait for her.

Welcome back.

How are preparations going?

We're more than ready.

Ministry guys are fighting over
who hands the bigwigs the flowers though.

Why are they fighting over that?

Officials are too obsessed with rank.
Someone will be ticked off no matter what.

Then should I do it?

Why you? Don't butt in.

Who cares who does it?

You'd look weird with flowers.

I won't. Then you do it.

I can't. They don't know who I am.

Who cares if they know.

No. If we do it,
they'll all go, "Who is that?"

They'll go, "Who is that?"
no matter who does it.

The deceased will now
be taken to the hospital

so they can undergo
court-ordered autopsies.

Autopsy...

Must she be hurt again?

Once the autopsies are finished,
we will take them back,

then dress them up
and transport them to your locations.

I will be seeing you all in turn,

so please inform me
if you have any requests.

Mr. Tadokoro.

Look at this.

"It's their own fault."

"Why go to such a dangerous country?"

So cruel...

He can't rest in peace like this...

Mrs. Tadokoro, how are you doing?

Your water broke,
so let's get you on antibiotics.

Doctor, will she be all right?

If it looks dangerous,
we'll perform a C-section.

Let's see how you do first.

It'll be fine.

- Take over.
- Okay.

Eri, you can do it.

SAFE DELIVERY CHARM

All right, now the real show starts.

Let's get them back
to their families quickly.

Okay, let's make this go smoothly.

All right.

Can you do anything with Aya?

I can't say until I try.

Can you restore her even from that state?

Depends on how well
I can reconstruct the collapsed skull.

Okay, thank you very much.

Mr. Matsuki and Yamamoto are coming.

All right, let's get them home
as soon as possible.

All right.

So many g*nsh*t wounds...

Cover them up and put him in a body suit.

You've had a rough time.
We'll clean you up and get you home soon.

Length, 196 centimeters.

Ready?

Next one.

- I'm off.
- Okay.

In we go.

Get back. Car coming though.

Back up. Watch out, please.

Don't push. Stop pushing.

Get back.

MATSUKI RESIDENCE (KANAGAWA PREFECTURE)

Down we go.

Thank you.

I just wanted to thank Minori
for looking after me on the journey.

Would you like to see him?

Umm...

Please wait a moment.
I'll go get the rice ba*ls I made.

Rinko.

- Let's go.
- Yes.

I thought you'd want rice ba*ls
like you always do.

I bought your favorite rice.

You always fall asleep immediately
and never eat them though.

See?

You're always like this.

Mrs. Matsuki toughed it out to the end.

It's not that simple.

Huh?

When people lose family
through terrorism or a disaster,

there's no outlet for anger.

They can't accept the death.
It takes time.

Some people only focus
on thinking about the good times.

Especially the elderly.

I didn't need you to do anything.

I just wanted you to come back...

and tell me "I'm home."

If good memories are all they need,

then it's better they forget
the people who transported the deceased.

Our job should be forgotten.

Caring for the family
is important, of course,

but sometimes
it's necessary to disappear quickly.

This is worse than I thought.

This might be impossible.

Hang in there, Aya.

I'm sorry.

Come back.

Come back.

I'm so sorry for the wait.
We're preparing your daughter.

That's enough.

You'll be able to see her soon, so...

You can't completely restore her, can you?

My wife and I agree that
we don't want any more done to her.

- Hurry up.
- Yes.

Well?

I'm sorry, this is the best I can do.

Not bad.

If we put a veil over her,

everyone can see her off.

How about this then?

- Very pretty.
- That'll work.

Right, Aya?

Isn't it nice?

You've done well.

One moment.

Let's take it out.

KAMAKURA RESIDENCE (CHIBA PREFECTURE)

Down slowly.

Would you like to see her?

Aya...

Aya's home. Please...

Come see her.

Ma'am...

Aya...

She's done her best to come back home.

It's all right.

It's okay.

Let's go see her.

Aya...

You're so pretty.

Aya...

Thank you.

Aya...

I'm sorry. Sorry...

It's all my fault.

I'm sorry.

It's not your fault.

Aya knew from the start

that you were cheering her on.

Aya always wanted
to work abroad like you did.

She was so happy

that her dream of helping
in an undeveloped country came true.

When she asked for an engagement party
right before she left...

This is my first job abroad,

and it's something
I feel I should devote my life to.

I need to keep a hold of myself

so I don't waver in my resolution.

Aya...

You've done so well.

Aya...

Welcome home.

Welcome home... welcome home.

If you'd like,
you can put the ring on her.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so glad I could see her again.

Thank you.

Your wife is doing her best now.
Let's do the same.

Breathe in.

Breathe out.

In. Out.

Deep breath... and stop.

- Very good. You're doing well.
- Let it out and relax.

All right...

Mr. Tadokoro, sorry to leave you for last.

Let's go see your baby.
We need to spruce you up.

KOICHIRO TADOKORO

- Here you go.
- Thanks.

- Make sure you drive safely.
- Understood.

He's in your hands.

Watch out, the media are out in force.

I know.

- Let's get going.
- Okay.

- We're off.
- Thank you.

Please get out of the way.

TADOKORO'S FUNERAL (SAITAMA PREFECTURE)

Back up please.

Sir.

I'm sorry we've taken so long.

Thank you for everything.

Please go and see your son.

Look.

It's Koichiro.

You've had a hard time.

Eri.

The doctor gave her
special permission to come.

I wanted to show him our baby.

Look, it's your daddy.

You finally saw him.

Wake up and look.

Koichiro, can you hear?

Your baby was born safely.

Adorable, no?

You two have the same nose.

Koichiro...

Welcome home.

I've done this for long,

and I've realized something.

This job...

We don't do it for people.

They let us do it.

Keep that in mind,
and someday they'll understand.

No need to fret.

You can still go home, even now.

Thank you.

Sir, is something wrong?

I'm very...

very grateful for everything.

Mr. Tadokoro.

Sir, the cameras are pointed this way,
let's get you inside.

No, it's fine.

I need to let my son have his last words.

Mr. Tadokoro.

Sir, can we have a word?

How did your son look?

Mr. Tadokoro.

A comment, please.

My son returned home just now.

He looked peaceful.

Like he's just taking a nap.

My son only...

wanted to help other people.

That's why he took that job.

I am...

very proud...

of my son.

I pray this will not mark the end...

of the job my son
and the others were doing.

Good work, everyone.

ON-CALL PHONE

I'll be on-call today.

You're too old, you obviously can't.

She never gives up that phone.

She's got her reasons.

Reasons?

You'll find out eventually.

See you tomorrow.

Bye.

I'm home.

Hi.

Stand up.

Stand up.

Hurry.

That hurts.

Too long. That's enough.

No. Just a little more.

Enough already.

Meanie.

I'm so tired.

You hungry?

She's out.

I'll go get a blanket.

Get over it already.

MOTHER

Yes?

I wondered how you were
since I never hear from you.

Seems you're managing.

I'm having surgery.

What? Again?

They need your approval.

What sort of surgery?

You'll need to deal with things if it
goes wrong. Hence the approval.

I'll send you the forms if you don't want
to come. Sign and send them back.

Thanks.

- "Menswear from..."
- "Onami."

- Company funeral?
- Bring him from Seoul.

Delicious makgeolli.

Mom's funeral is
almost embarrassingly small.

- Canceled.
- The typhoon is going to hit.

Like Tetris.

A funeral on a national level.

Please defer sending Mom.

This is an order!

You ruin Daisuke Onami's funeral
for a nobody old lady?

Did Nami order this?

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